FKIE_CVE-2008-5276

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-03 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:59
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32942Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33315
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/50333
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txtExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32942Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/50333
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txtExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.0
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.1
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.2
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.3
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.4
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.5
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.6
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.7
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.8
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:59:37.053",
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