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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2430: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2430: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/07/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
04/05/2018

Description

Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large fmt chunk in a WAV file.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-video-vlc

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