CVE-2008-5032
highpriority · attend · 51EPSS 0.107 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.5.0 through 0.9.5 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the header of an invalid CUE image file, related to modules/access/vcd/cdrom.c. NOTE: this identifier originally included an issue related to RealText, but that issue has been assigned a separate identifier, CVE-2008-5036.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-9686VideoLAN VLC Media Player < 0.9.6 - 'CUE' Local Buffer Overflow (PoC)functional · exploit_db
affected products (32)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (26)
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- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84denisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32569enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33315enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498112/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
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