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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-1769

VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 7.16%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
7.16% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
videolan/vlc
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.