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VLC Media Player 'AMV' Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to error while handling 'sp5xdec.c' in the Sunplus SP5X JPEG decoder in libavcodec, performs a write operation outside the bounds of an unspecified array.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VLC media player version 1.1.9 and prior on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to VLC media player version 1.1.10 or later.