CVE-2008-0296

Name	CVE-2008-0296
Description	Heap-based buffer overflow in the libaccess_realrtsp plugin in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d and earlier on Windows might allow remote RTSP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long string.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1543-1, DTSA-111-1
Debian Bugs	461544

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vlc (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	3.0.21-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	3.0.21-0+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	3.0.21-7	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vlc	source	etch	0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch2		DSA-1543-1
vlc	source	lenny	0.8.6.c-4.1~lenny2		DTSA-111-1
vlc	source	(unstable)	0.8.6.c-6	medium		461544