CVE-2008-5276 (GCVE-0-2008-5276)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-03 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49
VLAI
Summary
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32942 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Date Public
2008-11-30 00:00
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