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Vulnerability details: VCID-ygt3-byr3-7qd7
Vulnerability ID VCID-ygt3-byr3-7qd7
Aliases CVE-2008-1881
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.53989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1881
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1881
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1881
477805 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=477805
CVE-2008-1881 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/5250.cpp
GLSA-200804-25 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200804-25
OSVDB-44461;CVE-2008-1881 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/5667.py
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added March 13, 2008
Description VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6e - Subtitle Parsing Local Buffer Overflow
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date March 14, 2008
Exploit type local
Platform windows
Source update date Nov. 23, 2016
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.98049
EPSS Score 0.53989
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T13:40:56.473506+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0