National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3794
Original release date:08/26/2008
Last revised:08/20/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mmst link with a negative size value, which bypasses a size check and triggers an integer overflow followed by a heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: vlcmediaplayer-memmove-bo(44659)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020759
External Source: BID
Name: 30806
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.24.txt
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20080824 Re: CVE id request: vlc
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 6293
External Source: SREASON
Name: 4190
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200809-06
External Source: MLIST
Name: [vlc-devel] 20080824 commit: MMS integers handling fixes, including buffer overflow ( Rémi Denis-Courmont )