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25-03-2008, 18:34

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Steve

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VLC Media Player has critical flaw

VLC is a open source and free media player; a vulnerability has been reported in VLC Media Player, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system - successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, potentially taking remote control of the host machine.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.8.6e. Other versions may also be affected. As the software is platform independent, so potentially it could strike users of Mac and Linux operating systems, as well as Windows. The flaw is in the section of the program that shows subtitles. Video files can contain a link to a separate subtitle file, which VLC automatically loads when it plays the video.

As of now, there is no patch available to make the software secure.

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