CVE-2008-5032

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    CVE-2008-5032

    Published: 10 Nov 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/32569, http://secunia.com/advisories/33315, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml, http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html, http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-012.txt, http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d, 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, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46375, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14798

    Affected packages

    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