CVE-2008-5276
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed
02 Description
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-03 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d9f83c1ce3ecc70a146e779d73a12e98fa06857f6ff5f580ad6a5735f13d7d24
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.trapkit.dehttp://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txt
- www.securityfocus.com20081130 [TKADV2008-013] VLC media player RealMedia Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14793https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793
- www.osvdb.org50333http://www.osvdb.org/50333
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3287http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287
- git.videolan.orghttp://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07
- secunia.com32942http://secunia.com/advisories/32942
- www.securityfocus.com32545http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545
- securityreason.com4680http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680
- secunia.com33315http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
- www.videolan.orghttp://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-24http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vlc Fixed in 0.9.8a-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vlc Fixed in 0.9.8a-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vlc Fixed in 0.9.8a-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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