CVE-2008-5032

NameCVE-2008-5032
DescriptionStack-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1819-1, DTSA-176-1
Debian Bugs504639

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vlc (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye3.0.21-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)3.0.21-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie3.0.21-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vlcsourceetch0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3DSA-1819-1
vlcsourcelenny0.8.6.h-4+lenny2DTSA-176-1
vlcsource(unstable)0.8.6.h-5medium504639
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