Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2430
CVE-2008-2430
Description
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large fmt chunk in a WAV file.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.8.6h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 0.8.6h
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- secunia.com/advisories/30601nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-29/advisory/nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31317nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3976nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493849/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30058nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWSnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1995/referencesnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14344nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14769nvd
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