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VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Mar 12 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
General
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
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to multiple buffer overflow errors in the application, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted MMS:// stream and Real RTSP streams.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VLC media player version prior to 2.0.1 on Windows
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to VLC media player version 2.0.1 or later.