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VLC Media Player 'MP4_ReadBox_skcr()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Linux)
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
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is caused by a heap corruption error in the 'MP4_ReadBox_skcr()' [modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c] function when processing malformed MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) data.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VLC media player version prior to 1.1.9 on Linux
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the VLC media player version 1.1.9 or later.