Remote Yes

Type Arbitrary code execution

Description

It was discovered that plugins\codec\libflac_plugin.so in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a heap corruption and application crash leading to denial of service or possibly execution of arbitrary code via a crafted FLAC file.

AVG-533 vlc 2.2.6-5 2.2.7-1 Critical Fixed

07 Dec 2017 ASA-201712-4 AVG-533 vlc Critical arbitrary code execution

https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commitdiff;h=55a82442cfea9dab8b853f3a4610f2880c5fadf3