VLC media player multiple security vulnerabilities
Published:		22.06.2007
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		7839
Type:		client
Level:		5/10
Description:		Format string vulnerabilities in Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora comments parsing, CDDA data, SAP/SDP discovery service. Integer overflow and uninitialized variables on WAV parsing.

Affected:		VLC : VLC 0.8
CVE:		CVE-2007-3467 (Integer overflow in the __status_Update function in stats.c VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a WAV file with a large sample rate.)
		CVE-2007-3316 (Multiple format string vulnerabilities in plugins in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in (1) an Ogg/Vorbis file, (2) an Ogg/Theora file, (3) a CDDB entry for a CD Digital Audio (CDDA) file, or (4) Service Announce Protocol (SAP) multicast packets.)

Original document

David Thiel, VLC 0.8.6b format string vulnerability & integer overflow (22.06.2007)

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