9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2008-5032
VLC Media Player Heap Overflow
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 10, 2008, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-5032 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_media_player
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-5032.

URL Resource
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d
http://secunia.com/advisories/32569 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315 Vendor Advisory
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 Exploit
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46375
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14798
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d
http://secunia.com/advisories/32569 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315 Vendor Advisory
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 Exploit
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46375
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14798

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-5032 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-5032 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://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32569
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498112/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125
    Added Reference http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-012.txt
    Added Reference http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46375
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14798
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498112/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498112/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14798 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14798 [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/46375 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46375 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 11, 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.

16.27 }} -3.15%

score

0.94276

percentile

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