VLC Media Player 'Bookmark Creation' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Windows)

Summary
The host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone buffer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application. Failed attacks will cause denial-of-service conditions. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to the VLC media player version 1.0.6 or later, For updates refer to http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/
Insight
The flaw is due to a race condition error when creating bookmarks and can be exploited to corrupt memory by tricking a user into creating a bookmark while playing a specially crafted file.
Affected
VLC media player version prior to 1.0.6 on Windows
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