CVE-2008-1769

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-04-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1769 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.16%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-1769

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1769

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 26.63% 7.16% -19.47%
2 2025-12-02 14.08% 26.63% +12.56%
3 2025-06-14 — 14.08% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1769

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1769

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-1769

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-1769 low 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-2008-1769
gentoo normal CVE-2008-1769: 1 GLSA(s) (200804-25), 1 atom(s) (media-video/vlc); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-1769
ubuntu low CVE-2008-1769 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vlc), 8 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 3, not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1769

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1769

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
videolan vlc 0.1.99 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.1.99a cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.1.99b cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.1.99c cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.1.99d cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.1.99e cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.1.99f cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.1.99g cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.1.99h cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.1.99i cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.1.99i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.50 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.60 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.61 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.62 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.63 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.70 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.71 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.72 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.73 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.80 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.81 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.82 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.83 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.90 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.91 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.2.92 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.2.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.4.3_ac3 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.3_ac3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.4a cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.6a cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.6b cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.6c cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.6d cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.6e cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc 0.8.1337 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.1337:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1769

cvelogic Threat Intelligence