Public exploit available

Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2008-1881 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in VLC

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources

Severity

6.8MEDIUMNVD

CNA7.5OSV7.5

EPSS

54.0%

top 1.98%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

PoC available

Public exploit / PoC exists

Affected products

Videolan VLC Media Player Videolan VLC

Timeline

PublishedApr 17

Latest updateMay 1

Description

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 vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 0.8.6.e-2.1+3

▶NVDvideolan/vlc0.8.6e

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-7fxm-mjcc-cj9m: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle↗2022-05-01

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CVEList

CVE-2008-1881: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle↗2008-04-17

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OSV

CVE-2008-1881: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle↗2008-04-17

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💥Exploits & PoCs

Exploit-DB

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d SSA Parsing Double Sh311 - Universal↗2008-05-23

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Exploit-DB

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6e - Subtitle Parsing Local Buffer Overflow↗2008-03-14

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📋Vendor Advisories

Debian

CVE-2008-1881: vlc - Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle.c) ...↗2008

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