CVE-2008-1881: Buffer Overflow
First published: Thu Apr 17 2008(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| VideoLAN VLC | =0.8.6e |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489698
- http://aluigi.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28274
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28233
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28251
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41936
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41237
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5250
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14872
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- vendor/videolan
- canonical/videolan vlc
- version/videolan vlc/0.8.6e