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VLC Media Player MP4 Demuxer Arbitrary Memory Overwrite
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29122
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Release Date:
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2008-02-27
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Last Update:
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2008-02-28
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | VLC media player 0.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0984 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in VLC Media Player, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the MP4 demuxer (modules/demux/mp4/mp4.c). This can be exploited to overwrite an almost arbitrary memory address via a specially crafted MPEG-4 file.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 0.8.6d. Prior versions may also be affected.
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Solution:
Update to version 0.8.6e or apply patch.
http://www.videolan.org/patches/vlc-0.8.6-CORE-2008-0130.patch
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Felipe Manzano and Anibal Sacco, Core Security Technologies.
Changelog:
2008-02-28: Updated "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.
Original Advisory:
VideoLAN:
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0802.html
Core Security Technologies:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060481.html
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