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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1881

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1881 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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 Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11vlc0, 0, 0
Debian:14vlc0, 0, 0
Debian:13vlc0, 0, 0
Debian:12vlc0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Apr 17, 2008 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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