Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2008-1769 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from videolan organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2008, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2008-04-25T06:05:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	videolan	vlc	0.1.99	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.1.99a	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.1.99b	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.1.99c	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.1.99d	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.1.99e	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.1.99f	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.1.99g	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.1.99h	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.1.99i	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.0	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.50	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.60	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.61	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.62	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.63	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.70	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.71	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.72	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.73	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.80	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.81	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.82	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.83	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.90	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.91	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.2.92	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.3.0	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.3.1	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.4.0	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.4.1	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.4.2	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.4.3	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.4.3_ac3	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.4.4	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.4.5	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.4.6	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.5.0	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.5.1	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.5.2	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.5.3	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.6.0	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.6.1	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.6.2	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.7.0	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.7.1	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.7.2	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.0	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.1	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.2	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.4	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.4a	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.5	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.6	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.6a	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.6b	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.6c	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.6d	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.6e	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc	0.8.1337	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214627#c3 ([email protected])
http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit%3Bh=cf489d7bff3c1b36b2d5501ecf21129c78104d98 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29503 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29800 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml ([email protected])
http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28904 ([email protected])
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS ([email protected])
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14445 ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214627#c3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit%3Bh=cf489d7bff3c1b36b2d5501ecf21129c78104d98 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29503 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29800 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28904 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14445 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For videolan's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.