CVE-2008-1881

mediumpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.118 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

11.8% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.06.1mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.15.6mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USprimaryCWE-119US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-5250VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6e - Subtitle Parsing Local Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-5667VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d SSA Parsing Double Sh311 - Universalfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
VideoLAN organization VLC Media Player≤ 0.8.6efstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 4fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 5fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 6fstec_bduRU
videolan vlc= 0.8.6envdUScpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-04-17modified 2026-06-16

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references (26)

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