Vulnerability CVE-2008-2430
Published: 2008-07-07   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
VLC Media Player WAV Processing Integer Overflow
Secunia Research
03.07.2008
High
VLC Media Player WAV Processing Integer Overflow
Secunia Research
07.07.2008

Type:

CWE-189

 (Numeric Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Videolan -> Vlc media player 

 References:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3976
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493849/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30058
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020429
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1995/references
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14344
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14769
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