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VLC Media Player '.AVI' File BOF Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
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
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an integer underflow error when parsing the 'strf' chunk within AVI files can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VLC media player version prior to 1.1.11 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the VLC media player version 1.1.11 or later.