The vulnerability of the real_sdpplin.c component in the VideoLAN VLC media player software allows a hacker to trigger a service failure or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the realsdpplin.c component in the VideoLAN VLC media player lies in buffer overflows in the dynamic memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to cause service failures or execute arbitrary code using the SDP protocol...

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0295

Heap-based buffer overflow in modules/access/rtsp/realsdpplin.c in the Xine library, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d and earlier, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or execute arbitrary code via long Session Description Protocol SDP data...