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CVE-2008-1881

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1881 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the ParseSSA function of VLC Media Player versions 0.8.6e and earlier, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SSA subtitle file. This vulnerability, a partial fix for CVE-2007-6681, has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8.6eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:0.8.6e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5667 · May 23, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1178 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

aluigi.altervista.org / adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
aluigi.org / adv/vlcboffs-adv.txt
secunia.com / advisories/28233
secunia.com / advisories/29800
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41237
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41936
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14872
exploit-db.com / exploits/5250
wiki.videolan.org / Changelog/0.8.6f
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489698
securityfocus.com / bid/28251
securityfocus.com / bid/28274