CVE-2008-1881

N/A Unknown

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

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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