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NOTE: this identifier originally included an issue related to RealText, but that issue has been assigned a separate identifier, CVE-2008-5036.","published":"2008-11-10T16:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:59:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["videolan/vlc media player"],"epss":{"score":0.10671,"percentile":0.95774,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2009-09-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":9686,"kind":"exploit","title":"VideoLAN VLC Media Player < 0.9.6 - 'CUE' Local Buffer Overflow (PoC)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9686","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/9686.py","file":"exploits/windows/dos/9686.py","published":"2009-09-15","added":"2009-09-14","updated":null,"author":"Dr_IDE","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2008-5032","OSVDB-49808"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. 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