VLC Media Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Win)

Summary
This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted .rm file to crash an affected application. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to VLC media player 0.9.8 http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Insight
The flaw is due to a boundary error while parsing ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin.
Affected
VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 on Windows (Any).
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