CVE-2008-0296

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-01-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0296 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.57%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.94% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0296

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5498 exploit_db edb 2008-04-25 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0296

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 11.64% 14.57% +2.94%
2 2025-12-02 7.61% 11.64% +4.03%
3 2025-11-04 — 7.61% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0296

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0296

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-0296

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2008-0296 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vlc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0296
gentoo high CVE-2008-0296: 1 GLSA(s) (200803-13), 1 atom(s) (media-video/vlc); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-0296
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-0296 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vlc), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, ignored 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0296

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0296

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
videolan vlc_media_player <= 0.8.6d cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0296

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