CVE-2008-5036: videolan vlc_media_player

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified

AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5036

Published 10-11-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5036 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in videolan vlc_media_player. EPSS estimates a 41.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk

70/100

0100

High · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

9.3/10

010

High · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

41.44%

0%100%

High · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog

RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded

Public exploits4reference, metasploit, exploit-database

Timeline

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

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.09.3

EPSS trend

Probability

41.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 41.44% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026

EPSS score

41.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

4 found

referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (trapkit.de)
Maturity: unknown
MetasploitremoteVerified
VLC Media Player RealText Subtitle Overflow
exploit/windows/fileformat/vlc_realtext
Maturity: weaponized
exploit-databaselocalwindowsVerified
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.5 - RealText Subtitle Overflow (Metasploit)
Maturity: weaponized

Show all 4 exploits

exploit-databaselocalwindowsVerified
VideoLAN VLC Media Player < 0.9.6 - '.rt' Local Stack Buffer Overflow
Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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.

Affected systems

Debian1 product

vlc< 1.0.3-1

Videolan1 product

vlc_media_player0.9 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.1 | 0.9.2 | 0.9.3 | 0.9.4 | 0.9.5

2 vendors · 2 products

References

15 links

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4Mailing ListX Refsource MLIST
git.videolan.org?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e3cef651125701a2e33a8d75b815b3e39681a447X Refsource CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498111/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7051ExploitX Refsource EXPLOIT DB
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46376VDB EntryX Refsource XF
www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txtX Refsource MISCExploit
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5Mailing ListX Refsource MLIST
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13Mailing ListX Refsource MLIST
secunia.com/advisories/32569Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA

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secunia.com/advisories/33315Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14329VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125VDB EntryX Refsource BID
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5036Advisory

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