CVE-2008-1881

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle.c) in VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in an SSA file. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6681.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 17, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-1881: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix