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CVE-2008-5276

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
03/12/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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