CVE-2008-1881

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductVideolan Vlc
PublishedApr 17, 2008
First seenApr 17, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
videolan vlc0.8.6e—

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