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RSS_BOT Buffer Overflow vulnerability in VLC media player - 1llusion - 02-05-2013
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in VLC media player
VideoLAN recently published a security advisory warning of a buffer overflow vulnerability in versions 2.0.5 and earlier of VLC Media Player, which might be exploited to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability was reported by Debasish Mandal.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the "DemuxPacket()" function (modules/demux/asf/asf.c) when processing ASF files and can be exploited
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