Is CVE-2008-3794 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-3794 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-3794?

CVE-2008-3794 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-3794?

CVE-2008-3794 has an EPSS score of 11.04% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-3794

MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctl

6.8

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-189

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

11.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.