This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.

Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted .rm file to crash an affected application. Impact Level: Application

Upgrade to VLC media player 0.9.8 http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

The flaw is due to a boundary error while parsing ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin.

VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 on Windows (Any).

• http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-013.txt
• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0811.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3287

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Updated on 2015-03-25