CVE-2008-3732: videolan vlc_media_player Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-3732 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in videolan vlc_media_player. EPSS estimates a 13.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Public exploit (exploit-database, 16-08-2008)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 20-08-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/tta.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTA file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
13.43%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 13.43% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (orange-bat.com)
Maturity: unknown
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6i - '.tta' File Parsing Heap Overflow (PoC)
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- vlc< 0.8.6.h-2
Videolan1 product
- vlc_media_player0.8.6i
2 vendors · 2 products
References
10 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14570VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
