CVE-2008-5276

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    CVE-2008-5276

    Published: 3 Dec 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/32942, http://secunia.com/advisories/33315, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml, http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287, http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txt, http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680, http://www.osvdb.org/50333, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793

    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
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