6.8

CVE-2008-1768: videolan vlc

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1768
Published 24-04-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1768 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in videolan vlc. EPSS estimates a 2.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.71%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1819-1DTSA-125-1

Timeline

  1. 24-04-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple integer overflows in VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the (1) MP4 demuxer, (2) Real demuxer, and (3) Cinepak codec, which triggers a buffer overflow.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.71% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • vlc< 0.8.6.e-2.1
Videolan1 product
  • vlc0.1.99 | 0.1.99a | 0.1.99b | 0.1.99c | 0.1.99d | 0.1.99e | 0.1.99f | 0.1.99g | 0.1.99h | 0.1.99i | 0.2.0 | 0.2.50 | 0.2.60 | 0.2.61 | 0.2.62 | 0.2.63 | 0.2.70 | 0.2.71 | 0.2.72 | 0.2.73 | 0.2.80 | 0.2.81 | 0.2.82 | 0.2.83 | 0.2.90 | 0.2.91 | 0.2.92 | 0.3.0 | 0.3.1 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.1 | 0.4.2 | 0.4.3 | 0.4.3_ac3 | 0.4.4 | 0.4.5 | 0.4.6 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2 | 0.8.4 | 0.8.4a | 0.8.5 | 0.8.6 | 0.8.6a | 0.8.6b | 0.8.6c | 0.8.6d | 0.8.6e | 0.8.1337

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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