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CVE-2009-2484

Publication date 16 July 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9, when running on Microsoft Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long smb URI in a playlist file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vlc 9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

vlc on Windows