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CVE-2010-2937

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2010-08-14	vlc -- invalid id3v2 tags may lead to invalid memory dereferencing

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CVE-2010-2937 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2010-2937
Phase	Assigned(20100804)

Description

The ReadMetaFromId3v2 function in taglib.cpp in the TagLib plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 1.1.2 does not properly process ID3v2 tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted media file.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.0.git;a=commit;h=22a22e356c9d93993086810b2e25b59b55925b3a
CONFIRM	http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git;a=commit;h=24918843e57c7962e28fcb01845adce82bed6516
CONFIRM	http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1004.html
BID	42386
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14676
VUPEN	ADV-2010-2087