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    CVE-2008-5036

    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.

    Published:Nov 10, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 10, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.66452
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Videolan
    Product
    Vlc Media Player

    Exploits

    http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txthttp://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txthttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18548https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7051

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    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=e3cef651125701a2e33a8d75b815b3e39681a447
    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/1/498111/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125
    http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txt
    http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46376
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14329
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7051
    http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e3cef651125701a2e33a8d75b815b3e39681a447
    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/1/498111/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125
    http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-011.txt
    http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46376
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14329
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7051

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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