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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3794
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CVE-2008-3794

Description:
Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mmst link with a negative size value, which bypasses a size check and triggers an integer overflow followed by a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44659

ST
  1020759

SREASON
  http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4190

MLIST
  http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2008-August/048488.html
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/24/3

MISC
  http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.24.txt

MILW0RM
  http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6293

GENTOO
  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml

BID
  30806


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