CVE-2008-3794

Name	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1819-1, DTSA-166-1
Debian Bugs	496265

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vlc (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	2.2.7-1~deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security)	3.0.12-0+deb9u1	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	3.0.21-0+deb9u1	fixed
	buster, buster (lts)	3.0.21-0+deb10u1	fixed
	buster (security)	3.0.20-0+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	3.0.21-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm (security), bookworm	3.0.21-0+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	3.0.21-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vlc	source	etch	0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3		DSA-1819-1
vlc	source	lenny	0.8.6.h-1+lenny1		DTSA-166-1
vlc	source	(unstable)	0.8.6.h-4	medium		496265