CVE-2008-5276
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.84% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- videolan/vlc media player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32942Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680
- http://www.osvdb.org/50333
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txtExploit
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32942Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680
- http://www.osvdb.org/50333
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txtExploit
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.