CVE-2008-1881

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
53.989

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Update for VLC Media Player (2.2.1)Windows
Update for VLC Media Player X64 (2.2.1)Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-301910Update for VLC Media Player (2.2.1)
PATCH-301968Update for VLC Media Player X64 (2.2.1)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234