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Vigil@nce: VLC, two buffer overflows
November 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
An attacker can create a malformed file in order to create a
denial of service or to execute code on computers of VLC users.
Gravity: 2/4
Consequences: user access/rights
Provenance: document
Means of attack: 1 attack
Ability of attacker: technician (2/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Number of vulnerabilities in this bulletin: 2
Creation date: 06/11/2008
Revision date: 10/11/2008
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– Unix - plateform
DESCRIPTION
The VideoLAN VLC program displays multimedia documents. It has two
vulnerabilities.
An attacker can create a malicious RealText subtitle file in order
to create a buffer overflow in libsubtitle_plugin. [grav:2/4;
TKADV2008-011]
A CUE file indicates the name of the artist and the titles of a
dvd. A malicious CUE file creates a buffer overflow in
libvcd_plugin. [grav:2/4; TKADV2008-012]
An attacker can therefore create a malformed file in order to
create a denial of service or to execute code on computers of VLC
users.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: BID-32125, TKADV2008-011, TKADV2008-012,
VideoLAN-SA-0810, VIGILANCE-VUL-8226
