Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 17, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-1881
CVE-2008-1881
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
13- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txtnvd
- aluigi.org/adv/vlcboffs-adv.txtnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28233nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29800nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xmlnvd
- wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6fnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489698nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28251nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28274nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41237nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41936nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14872nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5250nvd
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