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TI-2008-04789 Aliases CVE-2008-5036GHSA-qr75-p27m-crxr

Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.x before 0.9.6 might allow…

Priority HIGH 68CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.41444 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9VulnerableVideoLAN
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.0VulnerableVideoLAN
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.1VulnerableVideoLAN
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.2VulnerableVideoLAN
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.3VulnerableVideoLAN
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.4VulnerableVideoLAN
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.5VulnerableVideoLAN
  • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9 Vulnerable ·VideoLAN
  • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.0 Vulnerable ·VideoLAN
  • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.1 Vulnerable ·VideoLAN
  • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.2 Vulnerable ·VideoLAN
  • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.3 Vulnerable ·VideoLAN
  • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.4 Vulnerable ·VideoLAN
  • cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.5 Vulnerable ·VideoLAN

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5036
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qr75-p27m-crxr

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

Other 6

  • TI-2010-03131 libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2023-25623 Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an incorrect offset read that leads to a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2008-04437 Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2023-25624 Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an Integer underflow that leads to an incorrect packet length. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-19821 An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2012-01563 Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.1 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
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Sources

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