Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 16, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-0296
CVE-2008-0296
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.8.6d
- (no CPE)range: <=0.8.6d
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcxhof-adv.txtnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/29284nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29766nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0105nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14597nvd
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