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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-1489: VLC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-1489: VLC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/24/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Integer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 RDRF box that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0984.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-video-vlc

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