CVE-2008-5032
HIGHEPSS 95th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32569
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
- 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
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46375
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14798
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Start freeThis 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.