CVE-2008-1881

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d SSA Parsing Double Sh311 - Universal2008-05-23 · local · windows · Verified
• VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6e - Subtitle Parsing Local Buffer Overflow2008-03-14 · local · windows · Verified

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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