CVE-2008-5032

Publication date 10 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.5.0 through 0.9.5 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the header of an invalid CUE image file, related to modules/access/vcd/cdrom.c. NOTE: this identifier originally included an issue related to RealText, but that issue has been assigned a separate identifier, CVE-2008-5036.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vlc 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 0.9.4-1ubuntu3.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3.3
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vlc

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