Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.x before 0.9.6 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an an invalid RealText (rt) subtitle file, related to the ParseRealText function in modules/demux/subtitle.c. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2008-5032 on 20081110.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:17.328Z
Reserved: 2008-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2008-5036
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Status : Modified
Published: 2008-11-10T22:18:34.490
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2008-5036
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