National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4654

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: XF

Name: vlcmediaplayer-ty-bo(45960)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45960

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-010.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-010.txt

External Source: BID

Name: 31813

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31813

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081020 [TKADV2008-010] VLC media player TiVo ty Processing Stack Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497587/100/0/threaded

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20081019 CVE id request: vlc

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2856

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2856

External Source: SREASON

Name: 4460

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4460

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32339

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32339

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133

Hyperlink:http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033

Hyperlink:http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726

Hyperlink:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726