9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2008-4654
VLC Media Player Ty demux Plugin Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TiVo TY media file with a header containing a crafted size value.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 22, 2008, 12:11 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-4654 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-4654 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Videolan vlc_media_player
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-4654.

URL Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133
http://secunia.com/advisories/32339 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4460
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31813
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-010.txt Exploit
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2856
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45960
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14803
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133
http://secunia.com/advisories/32339 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4460
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31813
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-010.txt Exploit
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2856
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45960
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14803

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A fully functional exploit for a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in VideoLan’s VLC Media Player 0.9.4 when processing TiVo files.

Python

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 19, 2025, 6:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 3 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 31, 2021, 6:27 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

An EXP could run on Windows x64 against CVE-2008-4654.

exploit vlc vlc-media-player out-of-memory cve

Python

Updated: 5 years, 5 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 18, 2017, 5:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.4 Media Player ty.c buffer overflow

Python

Updated: 7 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 2, 2017, 11:33 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-4654 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-4654 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726
    Added Reference http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033
    Added Reference http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32339
    Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4460
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497587/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31813
    Added Reference http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-010.txt
    Added Reference http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2856
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45960
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14803
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497587/100/0/threaded [Exploit]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497587/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14803 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14803 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45960 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45960 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

77.12 }} -2.54%

score

0.98909

percentile

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