CVE-2008-4686

Exp

Multiple integer overflows in ty.c in the TY demux plugin (aka the TiVo demuxer) in VideoLAN VLC media player, probably 0.9.4, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ty file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4654.

Published: 2008-10-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4686 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.94%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.69% 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-2008-4686

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6825 exploit_db edb 2008-10-23 Exploit-DB ↗
6798 exploit_db edb 2008-10-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4686

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 8.26% 9.94% +1.69%
2 2025-12-12 7.75% 8.26% +0.51%
3 2025-12-02 — 7.75% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4686

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-2008-4686

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-4686

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2008-4686 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-2008-4686
ubuntu low CVE-2008-4686 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vlc), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 3, ignored 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4686

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4686

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4686

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