CVE-2008-1881 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.8% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.78% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-04-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| videolan | vlc |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d SSA Parsing Double Sh311 - Universal | 2008-05-23 |
| exploit-db | VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6e - Subtitle Parsing Local Buffer Overflow | 2008-03-14 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28251
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28274
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41237
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41936
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14872
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5250
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489698
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