Multiple Videolan VLC Player Flaws Leads to Memory Corruption: Update Now!

Two significant vulnerabilities related to memory corruption have been found in the VLC media player, specifically in the Microsoft Media Server (MMS) implementation. These vulnerabilities pose security risks to users.

The vulnerabilities are in the GetPacket function, responsible for receiving packets, and include Heap Overflow and Integer Underflow.

To exploit these vulnerabilities, threat actors can manipulate the data sequences and control the packet size, leading to buffer overflow and underflow.

Users are advised to upgrade to version 3.0.20 of VLC to fix these vulnerabilities.

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