Multiple security vulnerabilities in VLC Media Player

Multiple security vulnerabilities in VLC Media Player

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Affected Systems:
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.1.5
Description:
Bugtraq id: 72252

VLC Media Player is a multimedia Player.

VLC media player 2.1.5 and other versions have multiple security vulnerabilities. Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application.

<* Source: Fabian Yamaguchi
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Suggestion:
Vendor patch:

VideoLAN
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://www.videolan.org/

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