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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1881 · published 17 April 2008

CVE-2008-1881: Videolan vlc memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Videolan · Vlc

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.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 12% · top 4.1% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by 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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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
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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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1881), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.