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CVE-2009-1045

Published: 23 March 2009

requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
PoC: http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8213

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
vlc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy Not vulnerable
(0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3.2)
intrepid
Released (0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2)
jaunty Not vulnerable
(0.9.9a-2ubuntu1)
karmic Not vulnerable
(1.0.0~rc2-1ubuntu1)
upstream
Released (0.9.9)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=abc867adb981772703c5d33711736f531a4551b4