vlc -- invalid id3v2 tags may lead to invalid memory dereferencing

Description:

VideoLAN project reports:

VLC fails to perform sufficient input validation when trying to extract some meta-informations about input media through ID3v2 tags. In the failure case, VLC attempt dereference an invalid memory address, and a crash will ensure.

References:

• CVE name CVE-2010-2937
• URL: <http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1004.html>

Affects:

• vlc >0.9.0,3 <1.1.2_1,3

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