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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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.