| Name | CVE-2008-5276 |
| Description | Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | buster | 3.0.17.4-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.0.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.20-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.0.20-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 3.0.20-1 | fixed |
| sid | 3.0.20-4 | 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 | (not affected) | | | |
| vlc | source | lenny | (not affected) | | | |
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 0.9.8a-1 | low | | |
Notes
[etch] - vlc <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
[lenny] - vlc <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)