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VLC Media Player > 0.5.0 and < 1.1.11 Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801177

Synopsis

The remote host contains an application that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors

Description

The remote host contains VLC player, a multi-media application.

Versions of VLC media player earlier than 1.1.11 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Read Media file parser. (SA-1105)

 - A heap overflow vulnerability exists in the AVI file parser. (SA-1106)

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 1.1.11 or later.

See Also

http://.videolan.org/security/sa1105.html

http://.videolan.org/security/sa1106.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 801177

Family: Web Clients

Published: 7/18/2011

Nessus ID: 55608

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2587, CVE-2011-2588

BID: 48664