Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-4558 First vendor Publication 2008-10-14
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via an XSPF playlist file with a negative identifier tag, which passes a signed comparison.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4558

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14726
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14726
Title: Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2
Description: Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via an XSPF playlist file with a negative identifier tag, which passes a signed comparison.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-4558
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
 Product(s): VLC Media Player
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-10-17 Name : VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_vlc_media_player_mem_crptn_vuln_lin.nasl
2008-10-17 Name : VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Win)
File : nvt/gb_vlc_media_player_mem_crptn_vuln_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
49112 VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist File Handling Arbitrary Remote Code Execution

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 VideoLAN VLC Media Player XSPF memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 25797 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA
2014-01-10 VideoLAN VLC Media Player XSPF memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 15157 - Revision : 16 - Type : FILE-MULTIMEDIA

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-10-15 Name : The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by a memory ...
File : vlc_0_9_3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31758
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497354/100/0/threaded
EXPLOIT-DB http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6756
MISC http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/32267
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2826
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45869

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