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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 file, related to the ParseRealText function in modules/demux/subtitle.c. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2008-5032 on 20081110.

Published

2008-11-10T22:18:34.490

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	videolan	vlc_media_player	0.9	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc_media_player	0.9.0	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc_media_player	0.9.1	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc_media_player	0.9.2	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc_media_player	0.9.3	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc_media_player	0.9.4	Yes
Application	videolan	vlc_media_player	0.9.5	Yes

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e3cef651125701a2e33a8d75b815b3e39681a447 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32569 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498111/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125 ([email protected])
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txt Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46376 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14329 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7051 ([email protected])
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e3cef651125701a2e33a8d75b815b3e39681a447 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32569 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498111/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txt Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46376 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14329 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7051 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)