CVE-2008-5276

Public Exploit

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.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 12.46% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory videolan.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txt exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793 vdb entry signature
http://www.osvdb.org/50333 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287 vdb entry
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07
http://secunia.com/advisories/32942 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545 vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315 third party advisory
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5276?
CVE-2008-5276 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5276?
To fix CVE-2008-5276, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-5276 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5276 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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