| Name | CVE-2008-1881 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1819-1, DTSA-125-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 477805 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| vlc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.2.7-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 3.0.12-0+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.21-0+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 3.0.21-0+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 3.0.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.0.21-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 3.0.21-2 | 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 | 0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch3 | DSA-1819-1 | ||
| vlc | source | lenny | 0.8.6.c-6+lenny4 | DTSA-125-1 | ||
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 0.8.6.e-2.1 | medium | 477805 |