Description: A vulnerability has been reported in xine-ui, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the "errors_create_window()" function in errors.c. This may be exploited to execute arbitrary code by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted playlist file.
The vulnerability is reported in version 0.99.4. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution: Fixed in the CVS repository.
Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by Sven Czaja after testing an exploit for VLC by Kevin Finisterre with xine-ui.
Changelog: 2007-01-18: Added CVE reference.
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