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CVE-2008-5036

HighPublished

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...

Published: Nov 10, 2008
Updated: Aug 7, 2024
Assigning CNA: mitre
Evidence observed: Nov 7, 2008

Primary CVSS

9.3/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 2.0

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

EPSS probability estimate

41.4%

Moderate · next 30 days

Percentile: 98.7%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

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.

Sources

VideoLAN VLC Media Player < 0.9.6 - '.rt' Local Stack Buffer OverflowExploit
SkD · windows · Nov 7, 2008
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.5 - RealText Subtitle Overflow (Metasploit)Exploit
Metasploit · windows · Mar 2, 2012

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