VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-5036
CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability41.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-11-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer