CVE-2008-5032: videolan vlc_media_player

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5032 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in videolan vlc_media_player. EPSS estimates a 10.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 10-11-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.5.0 through 0.9.5 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the header of an invalid CUE image file, related to modules/access/vcd/cdrom.c. NOTE: this identifier originally included an issue related to RealText, but that issue has been assigned a separate identifier, CVE-2008-5036.

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