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VLC Media Player 'Bookmark Creation' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to a race condition error when creating bookmarks and can be exploited to corrupt memory by tricking a user into creating a bookmark while playing a specially crafted file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VLC media player version prior to 1.0.6 on Linux
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the VLC media player version 1.0.6 or later.