PT-2008-1148 · Videolan · Vlc

Mai Xuan Cuong · Published 2008-04-17 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-1881

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VLC version 0.8.6e

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function, located in modules/demux/subtitle.c. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in an SSA file. The problem is due to an incomplete fix for a previous issue.

Recommendations For VLC version 0.8.6e, consider disabling the ParseSSA function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to SSA files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03969

CVE-2008-1881

DSA-1819-1

DTSA-125-1

Affected Products

Vlc

References · 24

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5250 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5667 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1881 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1881 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03969 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1881 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1881 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1819 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29800 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28251 · Note
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt · Note
• http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14872 · Note