Out-of-Bounds Affecting vlc package, versions <1.0.3-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
96.7% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-VLC-522412
  • published10 Nov 2008
  • disclosed10 Nov 2008

Introduced: 10 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-5036  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 vlc to version 1.0.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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