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CVE-2008-1881
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle.c) in VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
Medium6.8EPSS 11.8%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle.c) in VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in an SSA file. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6681.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.8% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- vlc-parsessa-bo(41936) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://aluigi.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080317 VLC highlander bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28233 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28274 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29800 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 5250 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- vlcmediaplayer-subtitle-bo(41237) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28251 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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