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CVE-2009-2484

Published: 16 July 2009

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
vlc on Windows

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
vlc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable

hardy Not vulnerable

intrepid Not vulnerable

jaunty Not vulnerable

upstream Needs triage