CVE-2010-1443 Affecting vlc package, versions <1.0.6-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-VLC-360667
  • published26 Dec 2014
  • disclosed26 Dec 2014

Introduced: 26 Dec 2014

CVE-2010-1443  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 vlc to version 1.0.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The parse_track_node function in modules/demux/playlist/xspf.c in the XSPF playlist parser in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty location element in an XML Shareable Playlist Format (XSPF) document.

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