Description
Buffer overflow vulnerability was found in VLC media player. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users can cause a denial of service (crash). This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a crafted wav file.
Technical details
This vulnerability is in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c and related to “seek across EOF” functionality.
Original advisories
Related products
CVE list
- CVE-2016-3941 warning
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