CVE-2008-5036

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2008-5036 · Published 10/11/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vlc media player videolan	`= 0.9= 0.9.0= 0.9.1= 0.9.2= 0.9.3= 0.9.4= 0.9.5`	No fix yet

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.

References

git.videolan.org
secunia.com/advisories/32569
secunia.com/advisories/33315
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13
securityfocus.com/archive/1/498111/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/32125
trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txt · Exploit
videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46376
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14329
exploit-db.com/exploits/7051

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