CVE-2008-1881
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 11.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 11.8% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1881)
- Published
- April 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1881 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- videolan / vlc
References
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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