{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5036","details":"Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.x before 0.9.6 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an an invalid RealText (rt) subtitle file, related to the ParseRealText function in modules/demux/subtitle.c.  NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2008-5032 on 20081110.","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:29.195657419Z","published":"2008-11-10T22:18:34.490Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-5036"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5036"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.3-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5036.json"}},{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.3-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5036.json"}},{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.3-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5036.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}