CVE-2008-1973

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2008-1973 · Published 27/04/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1973 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting subedit player (artur sikora).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.8%, higher than 93.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
subedit player artur_sikora	`= 4056= 4066`	No fix yet

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in SubEdit Player build 4056 and 4066 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle file.

References

secunia.com/advisories/29904 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/28858 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1306
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41913
exploit-db.com/exploits/5472

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