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CVE-2008-5276 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07
http://secunia.com/advisories/32942 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32942 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680
http://www.osvdb.org/50333
http://www.osvdb.org/50333
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txt Exploit 
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txt Exploit 
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5276
NVD Published Date:
12/03/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE