CVE-2008-5036

N/A Unknown
Published: November 10, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
66.5%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

videolan

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