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VLC Media Player Denial-of-Service Vulnerability May18 (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The host is installed with VLC media player and is prone to denial-of-service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaws exist due to an error in the 'vlc_demux_chained_Delete' function in input/demux_chained.c file while reading a crafted .swf file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VideoLAN VLC media player version 3.0.1 on Mac OS X
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 3.0.2 or above. Please see the references for more information.
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