CVE-2008-1881

Published: Apr 17, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Videolan: Vlc

Videolan

1 product

Vlc

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Videolan Vlc	Version 0.8.6e

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (26)

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://aluigi.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/28233

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29800

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489698

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28251

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28274

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41237

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41936

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14872

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5250

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt