CVE-2008-5036

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-11-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5036 is rated High Exploit Risk (89/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.72%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.27% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5036

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18548 exploit_db edb 2012-03-02 Exploit-DB ↗
7051 exploit_db edb 2008-11-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5036

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-08 66.45% 68.72% +2.27%
2 2025-12-02 67.31% 66.45% -0.86%
3 2025-08-26 — 67.31% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5036

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5036

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5036

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-5036 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vlc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5036
gentoo normal CVE-2008-5036: 1 GLSA(s) (200812-24), 1 atom(s) (media-video/vlc); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-5036
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5036 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vlc), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5036

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5036

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5036

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