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TITLE:
VLC Media Player "MP4_ReadBox_rdrf()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29503

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29503/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
VLC media player 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/7788/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in VLC Media Player, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error within
"MP4_ReadBox_rdrf()" in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c and can be
exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via e.g. a MP4 file
with a specially crafted RDRF atom.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.8.6e. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the GIT repository.
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/09572892df7e72c0d4e598c0b5e076cf330d8b0a

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Drew Yao.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/09572892df7e72c0d4e598c0b5e076cf330d8b0a

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