oss-security - Re: CVE id request: vlc

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:19:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE id request: vlc

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Name: CVE-2008-4558
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4558
Reference: MISC:http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption

Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to
overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via an XSPF
playlist file with a negative identifier tag, which passes a signed
comparison.

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