CVE-2008-5276
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN...
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
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Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2008-5276- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-189
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2008-5276- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5253 No score
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
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EUVD-2008-5253- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gj6f-7h35-44xq No score
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN...
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
GHSA-gj6f-7h35-44xq- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2008-5276- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5276 No score
Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5276- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-5276 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published December 3, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.84%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in vlc 0.9.8a-1.
References
trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txt
securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793
osvdb.org/50333
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287
git.videolan.org?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07
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secunia.com/advisories/32942
securityreason.com/securityalert/4680
videolan.org/security/sa0811.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5276
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gj6f-7h35-44xq
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5276