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CVE-2008-4654

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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
1.0

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TiVo TY media file with a header containing a crafted size value.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-6798 local windows verified
Guido Landi · 2008-10-21

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.TY' Local Stack Buffer Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
EDB-16629 local windows verified
Metasploit · 2011-02-02

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - TiVo Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
EDB-6825 local windows verified
Guido Landi · 2008-10-23

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.ty' Local Buffer Overflow (SEH)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/fileformat/videolan_tivo rank 400
VideoLAN VLC TiVo Buffer Overflow
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.0.3-1
sid Fixed 1.0.3-1
forky Fixed 1.0.3-1
bullseye Fixed 1.0.3-1
bookworm Fixed 1.0.3-1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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