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VLC Media Player 'MP4' Denial of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
A division by zero error exists when handling MP4 files, which can be exploited to cause a crash.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VLC media player version 2.0.1 on Mac OS X.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 1.7.2 or later.