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CVE-2008-0296 Details

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the libaccess_realrtsp plugin in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d and earlier on Windows might allow remote RTSP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long string.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcxhof-adv.txt	CVE	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29284	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29766	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14597	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0105	CVE
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcxhof-adv.txt	[email protected]	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29284	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29766	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14597	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0105	[email protected]

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft windows	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
videolan vlc media player	<= 0.8.6d
CPE cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 17, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]