CVE-2008-5036

Publication date 10 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vlc 9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vlc