--- title: "CVE-2008-5032\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5032?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-5032 Publication date 10 November 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.5.0 through 0.9.5 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the header of an invalid CUE image file, related to modules/access/vcd/cdrom.c. NOTE: this identifier originally included an issue related to RealText, but that issue has been assigned a separate identifier, CVE-2008-5036. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | vlc | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.9.4-1ubuntu3.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3.3 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5032?format=md#patch-details) ### Patch details For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | vlc | * Upstream: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5032) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5032) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5032) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5032) ### Other references * * *