Vulnerability CVE-2008-4654
Published: 2008-10-21   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
VLC media player TiVo ty Processing Stack Overflow Vulnerability
Tobias Klein
22.10.2008

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4460
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31813
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-010.txt
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2856
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45960
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14803
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