CVE-2008-5036
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 41.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 41.44% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- videolan/vlc media player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e3cef651125701a2e33a8d75b815b3e39681a447
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32569
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498111/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txtExploit
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46376
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14329
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7051
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e3cef651125701a2e33a8d75b815b3e39681a447
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32569
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498111/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txtExploit
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46376
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14329
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7051
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.