6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-1881
VLC Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 17, 2008, 11:05 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:45 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-1881 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Videolan vlc

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-1881 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-1881 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
    Added Reference http://aluigi.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28233
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
    Added Reference http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489698
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28251
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28274
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41237
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41936
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14872
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5250
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5250 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14872 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5250 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14872 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41936 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41237 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41936 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41237 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

22.96 }} 0.45%

score

0.96653

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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