VideoLAN-SA-0806: Heap-overflow in the VLC WAV demuxer
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(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
07/07/2008
07/25/2018
01/24/2013
02/13/2015
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)
- videolan-vlc-upgrade-0_8_6i
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