Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 3, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5276
CVE-2008-5276
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.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 0.9.0-0.9.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txtnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/32942nvdVendor Advisory
- www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- git.videolan.orgnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/33315nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4680nvd
- www.osvdb.org/50333nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793nvd
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