VideoLAN VLC Media Player RealText File Buffer Overflow
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-5036
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.x before 0.9.6 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an an invalid RealText (rt) subtitle file, related to the ParseRealText function in modules/demux/subtitle.c. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2008-5032 on 20081110.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003070
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003070 - VideoLAN VLC Media Player RealText File Buffer Overflow
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- videolan vlc_media_player 0.9
- videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.0
- videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.1
- videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.2
- videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.3
- videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.4
- videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.5
Featured Stories
- The Mirage of AI Programming: Hallucinations and Code IntegrityThe adoption of large language models (LLMs) and Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs), such as ChatGPT, by leading firms like Microsoft, Nuance, Mix and Google CCAI Insights, drives the industry towards a series of transformative changes. As the use of these new technologies becomes prevalent, it is important to understand their key behavior, advantages, and the risks they present.Read more
- Open RAN: Attack of the xAppsThis article discusses two O-RAN vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit. One vulnerability stems from insufficient access control, and the other arises from faulty message handlingRead more
- A Closer Exploration of Residential Proxies and CAPTCHA-Breaking ServicesThis article, the final part of a two-part series, focuses on the details of our technical findings and analyses of select residential proxies and CAPTCHA-solving services.Read more
- How Residential Proxies and CAPTCHA-Solving Services Become Agents of AbuseThis article, the first of a two-part series, provides insights on how abusers and cybercriminals use residential proxies and CAPTCHA-solving services to enable bots, scrapers, and stuffers, and proposes security countermeasures for organizations.Read more