Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system.
The first issue is caused by errors in the VLC ActiveX plugin, which could be exploited by malicious web sites to overwrite arbitrary memory zones and execute malicious code.
The second vulnerability is caused by errors in Flac. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3483
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Ricardo Narvaja (Core Security Technologies) and Sean de Regge (VeriSign iDefense Labs).
ChangeLog
2007-12-03 : Initial release
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