VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-1881
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle.c) in VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in an SSA file.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 11.8%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle.c) in VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in an SSA file. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6681.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.78% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- videolan/vlc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28251
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28274
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41237
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41936
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14872
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5250
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28251
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28274
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41237
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41936
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14872
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5250
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.