CVE - CVE-2008-4558

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4558	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:31758 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31758 BUGTRAQ:20081014 CORE-2008-1010: VLC media player XSPF Memory Corruption URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497354/100/0/threaded EXPLOIT-DB:6756 URL:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6756 MISC:http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14726 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14726 SECUNIA:32267 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32267 VUPEN:ADV-2008-2826 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2826~~ (Obsolete source) XF:vlc-parsetracknode-code-execution(45869) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45869
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081014	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081014)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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