Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802119
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	VLC Media Player 'AMV' Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:	VLC Media Player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: VLC Media Player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to error while handling 'sp5xdec.c' in the Sunplus SP5X JPEG decoder in libavcodec, performs a write operation outside the bounds of an unspecified array. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed AMV file. Affected Software/OS: VLC media player version 1.1.9 and prior on Windows. Solution: Upgrade to VLC media player version 1.1.10 or later. CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1931 BugTraq ID: 47602 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47602 Bugtraq: 20110427 NGS00068 Patch Notification: LibAVCodec AMV Out of Array Write (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517706 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8299
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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