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CVE-2008-2430
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute…
High9.3EPSS 5.9%
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- flexera
Description
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large fmt chunk in a WAV file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.9% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- 31317 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3976 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1020429 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-200807-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1995 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14769 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20080702 Secunia Research: VLC Media Player WAV Processing Integer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-29/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 30601 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30058 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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