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Vulnerability details: VCID-a1ca-kbgh-27f5
Vulnerability ID VCID-a1ca-kbgh-27f5
Aliases CVE-2008-5032
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities in VLC may lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.4
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
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epss 0.18203 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5032
cvssv2 9.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5032
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5f63f1562d43f32331006c2c1a61742de031b84d
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5032
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5032
http://secunia.com/advisories/32569
http://secunia.com/advisories/33315
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46375
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14798
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498112/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32125
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-012.txt
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0810.html
504639 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504639
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CVE-2008-5032 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5032
CVE-2008-5032;OSVDB-49808 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/9686.py
GLSA-200812-24 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200812-24
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Sept. 14, 2009
Description VideoLAN VLC Media Player < 0.9.6 - 'CUE' Local Buffer Overflow (PoC)
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Sept. 15, 2009
Exploit type dos
Platform windows
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5032
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.9516
EPSS Score 0.18203
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:33.087997+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200812-24 38.0.0