CVE-2008-4654

HIGHCVSS v2 · 9.39.3
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS v2 base score.

This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 9.3 — NVD rates that HIGH (NVD's v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 58% exploitation probability in the next 30 days; it does not lift the v2 base. EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 2 (Weaponized) sets EG Risk's exploitation input, not EPSS. Confidence: LOW.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS v2.0 (legacy fallback)
Sources: NVD CVSS v2.0
Weaponized

Also known asEUVD-2008-4634 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 58%
  • Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, Exploit-DB, marked verified by Exploit-DB, other public proof-of-concept code)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 58%CVSS v2: 9.3Exploit: Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified) · other public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TiVo TY media file with a header containing a crafted size value.

CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
9.3HIGHNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
EG Score
9.3HIGHlow confidence
EG Risk
68
EG Risk 68/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity93% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.3 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation65% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 2 (Weaponized): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
58%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.3): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.3 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.3 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v2.0 · CVSS v2.0AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EG Likelihood
58% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

October 22, 2008

Last Modified

April 23, 2026

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vlc—
  • every version up to 1.0.3-1: fixed in 1.0.3-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vlc—
  • every version up to 1.0.3-1: fixed in 1.0.3-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vlc—
  • every version up to 1.0.3-1: fixed in 1.0.3-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vlc—
  • every version up to 1.0.3-1: fixed in 1.0.3-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 42× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 171 rows on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 71 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-12 18:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-12 18:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  3. 2026-11-12 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  4. 2026-11-11 16:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-11-11 16:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  6. 2026-11-11 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  7. 2026-11-10 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  8. 2026-11-10 14:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  9. 2026-11-10 14:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  10. 2026-11-09 12:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  11. 2026-11-09 12:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  12. 2026-11-08 10:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  13. 2026-11-08 10:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  14. 2026-11-07 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  15. 2026-11-07 08:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-11-07 08:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  17. 2026-11-06 06:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  18. 2026-11-06 06:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  19. 2026-11-05 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  20. 2026-11-05 04:44 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  21. 2026-11-05 04:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  22. 2026-11-04 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  23. 2026-11-04 02:44 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  24. 2026-11-04 02:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  25. 2026-11-03 00:44 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
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  1. 2026-11-03 00:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  2. 2026-11-01 22:44 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  3. 2026-11-01 22:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  4. 2026-11-01 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  5. 2026-11-01 12:25 UTCOSV refresh
  6. 2026-10-31 20:45 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  7. 2026-10-31 20:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  8. 2026-10-31 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  9. 2026-10-30 18:45 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  10. 2026-10-30 18:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  11. 2026-10-30 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  12. 2026-10-29 16:45 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  13. 2026-10-29 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  14. 2026-10-29 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  15. 2026-10-28 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  16. 2026-10-28 14:44 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  17. 2026-10-28 14:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  18. 2026-10-27 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
  19. 2026-10-27 12:14 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  20. 2026-10-27 12:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  21. 2026-10-26 10:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrh9-pxv5-hf6w · GitHub severity HIGH
  22. 2026-10-26 05:55 UTCOSV refresh
  23. 2026-10-25 20:27 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  24. 2026-10-25 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
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  40. 2026-10-11 13:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
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  49. 2026-10-01 19:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
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  51. 2026-09-29 07:52 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  52. 2026-09-26 15:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 99th percentile
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  72. 2026-07-30 01:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 98th percentile
  73. 2026-07-26 13:36 UTCEchelonGraph re-scoredFirst assessed: 9.3 HIGH
  74. 2026-07-25 14:12 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 58% · 98th percentile
  75. 2026-07-25 04:41 UTCOSV refresh

Publicly available exploits

(5 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 3 Exploit-DB entries, 1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-16629✓ verified
    Published Feb 2, 2011

    VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - TiVo Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/windows/fileformat/videolan_tivo✓ verified
    Published Dec 3, 2008

    VideoLAN VLC TiVo Buffer Overflow

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-6825✓ verified
    Published Oct 23, 2008

    VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.ty' Local Buffer Overflow (SEH)

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-6798✓ verified
    Published Oct 21, 2008

    VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.TY' Local Stack Buffer Overflow

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCKernelErr/VLC-CVE-2008-4654-Exploit
    Published Aug 18, 2017

    An EXP could run on Windows x64 against CVE-2008-4654.

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2008-4654?
CVE-2008-4654 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 22, 2008. Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TiVo TY media file with a header containing a crafted size value.
When was CVE-2008-4654 made public?
CVE-2008-4654 was made public on October 18, 2008: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on October 22, 2008. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of April 23, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2008-4654 actively exploited?
CVE-2008-4654 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EchelonGraph's EG-KEV model places it in Tier 2 (Weaponized), which is not evidence of exploitation: a Metasploit module exists for it, and Exploit-DB marks a public exploit for it as verified. EchelonGraph does not test whether exploit code works. FIRST EPSS estimates a 58% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2008-4654?
A fix for CVE-2008-4654 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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