{"cve":"CVE-2008-5036","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-10T22:18:34.490","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:07.737","status":"Modified","description":"Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.x before 0.9.6 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an an invalid RealText (rt) subtitle file, related to the ParseRealText function in modules/demux/subtitle.c.  NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2008-5032 on 20081110.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e3cef651125701a2e33a8d75b815b3e39681a447","http://secunia.com/advisories/32569","http://secunia.com/advisories/33315","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/4"],"products":["videolan:vlc_media_player"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5036","score":0.41444,"percentile":0.98677,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}