Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC Media Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
VLC Media Player libmodplug Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44412
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-05-03
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DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC Media Player, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to the application using a
vulnerable version of the libmodplug library.
For more information:
SA44388
Note: This may only affect the precompiled versions.
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.1.9 for Windows. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted files.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
epiphant
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