CVE-2008-5032

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC: 0.5.0, 0.5.3, 0.6.0, 0.6.2, 0.7.0, 0.7.1 (+30)

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d
http://secunia.com/advisories/32569
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498112/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-012.txt
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46375

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