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VLC Media Player Multiple Stack-Based BOF Vulnerabilities - Nov08 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to Multiple Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are caused while parsing, - header of an invalid CUE image file related to modules/access/vcd/cdrom.c. - an invalid RealText(rt) subtitle file related to the ParseRealText function in modules/demux/subtitle.c.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VLC media player 0.5.0 through 0.9.5 on Windows (Any).
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to 0.9.6 or later.