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CVE-2008-5032
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…
High9.3EPSS 10.7%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.7% · top 4.2% 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: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- [oss-security] 20081105 VideoLAN security advisory 0810 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- vlcmediaplayer-cue-bo(46375) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20081106 [TKADV2008-012] VLC media player cue Processing Stack Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081105 CVE id request: vlc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081110 Re: CVE id request: vlc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 32569 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-012.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 33315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32125 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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