CVE-2008-5036
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CVE-2008-5036 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 41.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Videolan | Vlc Media Player | 0.9 |
| Videolan | Vlc Media Player | 0.9.0 |
| Videolan | Vlc Media Player | 0.9.1 |
| Videolan | Vlc Media Player | 0.9.2 |
| Videolan | Vlc Media Player | 0.9.3 |
| Videolan | Vlc Media Player | 0.9.4 |
| Videolan | Vlc Media Player | 0.9.5 |
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