CVE-2008-0984 describes a critical vulnerability in the MP4 demuxer of VLC media player versions 0.8.6d and earlier, as well as Miro Player 1.1 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary memory overwrite and execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted MP4 file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or Metasploit modules are reported, an ExploitDB entry exists for a related buffer overflow, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:miro:miro_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.8.6dCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.