CVE-2008-0984

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-02-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0984 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.28%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0984

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5498 exploit_db edb 2008-04-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0984

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 27.19% 15.28% -11.90%
2 2026-04-04 26.59% 27.19% +0.60%
3 2025-04-17 — 26.59% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0984

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0984

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-0984

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2008-0984 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-2008-0984
gentoo high CVE-2008-0984: 1 GLSA(s) (200803-13), 1 atom(s) (media-video/vlc); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-0984
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-0984 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vlc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 4, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0984

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0984

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
miro miro_player <= 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:miro:miro_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player <= 0.8.6d cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0984

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