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VLC Media Player MP4 Demuxer Arbitrary Memory Overwrite
Secunia Advisory: SA29122
Release Date: 2008-02-27
Last Update: 2008-02-28
Popularity: 12,828 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:VLC media player 0.x

Binary Analysis: BA420 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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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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