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VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
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
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to Memory Corruption Vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw exists due to VLC (xspf.c) library does not properly perform bounds checking on an identifier tag from an XSPF file before using it to index an array on the heap.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VLC media player 0.9.2 and prior Windows (Any).
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Version 0.9.3 or later.