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CVE-2008-1768

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1768 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in VLC Media Player versions prior to 0.8.6f, specifically impacting the MP4 and Real demuxers, and the Cinepak codec. These flaws can be remotely exploited with medium attack complexity to trigger a buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service (crash) and potentially allowing for information disclosure or arbitrary code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1.99CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.99aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.99bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.99cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.99dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0271 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/29503
secunia.com / advisories/29800
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14412
wiki.videolan.org / Changelog/0.8.6f
securityfocus.com / bid/28903
videolan.org / developers/vlc/NEWS
videolan.org / security/sa0803.php
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0985