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CVE-2008-5036

Published: 10 November 2008

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
vlc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable
(code not present)
gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
intrepid
Released (0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2)
jaunty Not vulnerable
(0.9.8a-1ubuntu1)
upstream
Released (0.9.6)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=4909d939d435d7930f0e05e8b308d735950368f8