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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1489 · published 25 March 2008

CVE-2008-1489: Videolan vlc vulnerability

Videolan · Vlc

Integer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 RDRF box that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0984.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 12% · top 4.0% CWE-189 · CWE-189
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 RDRF box that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0984.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29503
http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/09572892df7e72c0d4e598c0b5e076cf330d8b0a Exploit
http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28433
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41412
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14841
http://secunia.com/advisories/29503
http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/09572892df7e72c0d4e598c0b5e076cf330d8b0a Exploit
http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28433
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41412
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14841

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1489), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.