Highly Critical Vulnerabilities In VLC Media Player

The issues, reported in versions 0.5.0 through 0.9.5, could let hackers take complete control of compromised machines through rigged media files. VideoLAN, the open-source group that manages the VLC project, has released patches and strongly recommends that users upgrade to VLC media player 0.9.6.
Exploitation of this issue requires the user to explicitly open a specially crafted file. As with any media player, the standard advice is to avoid from opening files from untrusted third parties or accessing untrusted remote sites.

Details:

Summary : Buffer overflows in VLC RealText and CUE demuxers
Date : November 2008
Affected versions : VLC media player 0.9.5 down to 0.5.0
ID : VideoLAN-SA-0810
CVE reference : CVE-2008-xxxx, CVE-2008-xxxx

Solution

VLC media player 0.9.6 addresses this issue. Patches for older versions are available from the official VLC source code repository 0.9-bugfix branch.

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