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    CVE-2008-5032

    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.

    Published:Nov 10, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 10, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.18203
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Videolan
    Product
    Vlc Media Player

    Exploits

    http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-012.txthttp://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-012.txthttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9686

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-73324 (CVSS 6.9) — VLC media player copies an RTSP response line into a fixed buffer without guaranteeing termination and then tr…
    CVE-2026-56711 (CVSS 8.6) — VLC media player computes the size of a picture buffer with 32-bit arithmetic and allocates from the wrapped r…
    CVE-2025-51602 (CVSS 4.8) — mmstu.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.22 allows an out-of-bounds read and denial of service via a cr…
    CVE-2024-46461 (CVSS 8) — VLC media player 3.0.20 and earlier is vulnerable to denial of service through an integer overflow which could…
    CVE-2023-46814 (CVSS 7.8) — A binary hijacking vulnerability exists within the VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.19 on Windows. The uni…
    CVE-2023-47359 (CVSS 9.8) — Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an incorrect offset read that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overf…
    CVE-2023-47360 (CVSS 7.5) — Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an Integer underflow that leads to an incorrect packet length.…
    CVE-2022-41325 (CVSS 7.8) — An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by trick…
    CVE-2021-25804 (CVSS 7.5) — A NULL-pointer dereference in "Open" in avi.c of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 can a denial of service (DOS…
    CVE-2021-25803 (CVSS 7.1) — A buffer overflow vulnerability in the vlc_input_attachment_New component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 …

    References

    http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32569
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498112/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125
    http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-012.txt
    http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46375
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14798
    http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32569
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498112/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125
    http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-012.txt
    http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46375
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14798

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High