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CVE-2008-5036

high · 9.3

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.

9.3
CVSS
41.4%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2008-11-10
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
videolanvlc_media_player0.9
videolanvlc_media_player0.9.0
videolanvlc_media_player0.9.1
videolanvlc_media_player0.9.2
videolanvlc_media_player0.9.3
videolanvlc_media_player0.9.4
videolanvlc_media_player0.9.5

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References

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