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VLC Media Player MP4 Demuxer Arbitrary Memory Overwrite

Secunia Advisory:

SA29122

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Release Date:

2008-02-27

Last Update:

2008-02-28

Popularity:

12,580 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

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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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