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TITLE:
VLC Media Player WAV Processing Integer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30601

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30601/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
VLC media player 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/7788/

DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in VLC Media Player,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error within
the "Open()" function in "modules/demux/wav.c". This can be exploited
to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted WAV file
having an overly large "fmt" chunk.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.8.6h on Windows. Prior
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability is fixed in an upcoming version 0.8.6i.

Do not open untrusted WAV files.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Alin Rad Pop, Secunia Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-29/

VideoLAN:
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS

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