CVE-2009-1045

Publication date 23 March 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vlc	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 0.9.4-1ubuntu3.2
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

How can I get the fixes?
What do statuses mean?
Patch details

Notes

mdeslaur

PoC: http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8213

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
vlc	Upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=abc867adb981772703c5d33711736f531a4551b4

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1045