VLC Media Player TTA Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability

  1. Network Vulnerabilities
  2. Denial of Service
  3. VLC Media Player TTA Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Summary
The host is running VLC Media Player, which is prone to a integer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Remote exploitation will cause application to crash or allow execution of arbitrary code or deny the service. Impact Level : Application
Solution
Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 1.0 or later, For updates refer to http://www.videolan.org/
Insight
The flaw is due to an overflow error when processing TTA data in Open() method in modules/demux/tta.c file.
Affected
VLC Media Player version 0.8.6i and prior on Windows (All).
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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