Is CVE-2008-1881 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-1881 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-1881?

CVE-2008-1881 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-1881?

CVE-2008-1881 has an EPSS score of 11.78% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-1881

MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl

6.8

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

11.78%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

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

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.