Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.4 and Earlier: Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service

Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.4 and Earlier: Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service

CVE-2013-1868 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) freetype renderer and (2) HTML subtitle parser.

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