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title: "CVE-2008-4558\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-4558

Publication date 15 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to
overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via an XSPF playlist
file with a negative identifier tag, which passes a signed comparison.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4558?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vlc | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4558?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

PoC: http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| vlc | * Upstream:   <http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=6d3c22f29e650b0d10b2116fe3145194d20b8b56> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4558)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4558)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4558)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4558)

### Other references

* <http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4558>