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VideoLAN-SA-1006: Stack smashing in Samba access

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VideoLAN-SA-1006: Stack smashing in Samba access

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/24/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/24/2013
Modified
01/24/2013

Description

Due to an error in the declaration of code calling conventions, VLC for Windows suffers from a stack smashing attack in the Samba network share access module.

Solution(s)

  • videolan-vlc-upgrade-1_1_5

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