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Unscored severity · published Apr 25, 2008
CVE-2008-1769
VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption
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CVSS
7.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.2% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VL
Vlc · Videolan
0.1.99; 0.1.99a; 0.1.99b; 0.1.99c; 0.1.99d; 0.1.99e; +34 more · source: NVD
Affected product
VL
Vlc
Videolan
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1769
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1769
bugs.gentoo.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214627#c3
git.videolan.org
http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit%3Bh=cf489d7bff3c1b36b2d5501ecf21129c78104d98
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29503
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
wiki.videolan.org
http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
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