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VLC Media Player XSPF Processing Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA32267
Release Date: 2008-10-15
Popularity: 5,369 views

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

Software:VLC media player 0.x

Binary Analysis: BA590 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Solution:
Update to version 0.9.3 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Silently fixed by the vendor in version 0.9.3.

Reported as a vulnerability by Francisco Falcon, Core Security Technologies.

Changelog:
2008-10-15: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
Core Security Technologies:
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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