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Vulnerability details: VCID-ytbx-nzy9-xkgv
Vulnerability ID VCID-ytbx-nzy9-xkgv
Aliases CVE-2008-4686
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.08258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4686
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4686
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4686
503118 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503118
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Oct. 20, 2008
Description VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.TY' Local Stack Buffer Overflow
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Oct. 21, 2008
Exploit type local
Platform windows
Source update date Nov. 23, 2016
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.92353
EPSS Score 0.08258
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T13:40:59.349653+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0