VLC Media Player 0.9.x < 0.9.8a RealMedia Processing Remote Integer Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 35068

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by an integer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The version of VLC media player 0.9 installed on the remote host is earlier than 0.9.8a. Such versions contain a heap-based integer buffer overflow in the Real demuxer plugin (libreal_plugin.*'). If an attacker can trick a user into opening a specially crafted RealMedia (.rm) file, arbitrary code could be executed within the context of the affected application.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 0.9.8a or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35068

File Name: vlc_0_9_8a.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/9/2008

Updated: 6/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5276

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Required KB Items: SMB/VLC/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5276

BID: 32545

CWE: 189

Detections

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