Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Miro, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Miro MP4 Demuxer Arbitrary Memory Overwrite
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29153
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29153/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Miro 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/17189/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Miro, which can potentially be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the use of vulnerable VLC code.
For more information:
SA29122
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.1. Other versions may also
be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted files or play untrusted streams.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Felipe Manzano and Anibal Sacco, Core Security Technologies.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060481.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29122:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29122/
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