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.

CVSS v2.0

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

41.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2008-11-10

Updated

2024-08-07

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/vlc_realtext.…

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18548
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7051

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2008-5032
• CVE-2008-5037
• CVE-2008-5029
• CVE-2008-5039
• CVE-2008-5010
• CVE-2008-5040