CVE-2008-1881

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 17 Apr 2008, 23:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 08:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
48/100
CVSS Score
6.8 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
53.99% CRITICAL
54% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Apr 2008, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 08:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle.c) in VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in an SSA file. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6681.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 53.99%• Percentile: 98%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • videolan•vlc

    0.8.6e

References (13)