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Critical
CVE-2008-5036
Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.x before...
Vulnerability Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.x before 0.9.6 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an an invalid RealText (rt) subtitle file, related to the ParseRealText function in modules/demux/subtitle.c. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2008-5032 on 20081110.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e3cef651125701a2e33a8d75b815b3e39681a447
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498111/100/0/threaded
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46376
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32569
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14329
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
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Affected Vendor
videolan
View all reports →Affected Software
vlc media player
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9, 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 10th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.