CVE-2011-3623

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted ASF file, related to the ASF_ObjectDumpDebug function in modules/demux/asf/libasf.c; (2) a crafted AVI file, related to the AVI_ChunkDumpDebug_level function in modules/demux/avi/libavi.c; or (3) a crafted MP4 file, related to the __MP4_BoxDumpStructure function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c.

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Other references

• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0901.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/59
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3623