CVE-2008-1881

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1881
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-17 23:05:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6e All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6e All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Changelog/0.8.6f - VideoLAN Wiki CONFIRM wiki.videolan.org
Gentoo update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
VLC Media Player Subtitle Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt MISC aluigi.altervista.org
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6e - Subtitle Parsing Local Buffer Overflow - Windows local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
aluigi.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt MISC aluigi.org
VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
VLC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
VLC Media Player 'Subtitle' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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