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
Published Dec 3, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.84%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.84% (0.07842) | 94.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.84% (0.07842) | 93.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 5.92% (0.05924) | 90.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 7.67% (0.07671) | 91.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 12.46% (0.12455) | 93.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 17.57% (0.17570) | 91.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.46% (0.12455) | 93.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 30.09% (0.30091) | 97.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 30.09% (0.30091) | 96.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 24, 2023 | 27.59% (0.27586) | 96.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 3, 2023 | 34.34% (0.34341) | 96.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2023 | 31.69% (0.31694) | 96.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 8, 2023 | 36.95% (0.36955) | 96.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 35.04% (0.35044) | 96.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d19de4e9f2211cbe5bde00726b66c47a424f4e07 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32942 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33315 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-24.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4680 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.osvdb.org/50333 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498768/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32545 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14793 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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