Unscored severity · published Nov 10, 2008
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…
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CVSS
41.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)41.4% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VM
Vlc Media Player · Videolan
0.9; 0.9.0; 0.9.1; 0.9.2; 0.9.3; 0.9.4; +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5036
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5036
git.videolan.org
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e3cef651125701a2e33a8d75b815b3e39681a447
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/32569
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5
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