TI-2008-00940 Aliases CVE-2008-0984 GHSA-g9w3-mq78-c86r

The MP4 demuxer (mp4.c) for VLC media player 0.8.6d and earlier, as used in Miro Player…

MEDIUM 56CWE-399Published 2008-02-26 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The MP4 demuxer (mp4.c) for VLC media player 0.8.6d and earlier, as used in Miro Player 1.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via a malformed MP4 file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.15284 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:miro:miro_player::::::::	up to 1.1	Vulnerable	Miro
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player::::::::	up to 0.8.6d	Vulnerable	VideoLAN

cpe:2.3:a:miro:miro_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.1 Vulnerable ·Miro
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.8.6d Vulnerable ·VideoLAN

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-0984
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g9w3-mq78-c86r

References

Patch 1

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0802.html

Advisory 3

Other 2

Sources

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