CVE-2008-5036

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5036
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-10 22:18:34 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.9 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.9.0 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.9.1 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.9.2 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.9.3 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.9.4 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 0.9.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.videolan.org Git - vlc.git/commitdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.videolan.org
VideoLAN Security Advisory 0810 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.videolan.org
VLC Media Player CUE and RealText Processing Buffer Overflows - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VLC Media Player Multiple Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE id request: vlc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - VideoLAN security advisory 0810 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: vlc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Gentoo update for vlc - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trapkit.de Exploit
VLC Media Player < 0.9.6 .RT Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
git.videolan.org Git - vlc.git/commitdiff MITRE git.videolan.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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