CVE-2010-3275

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VLC Media Player versions prior to 1.1.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width in an AMV file, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability." This occurs in the libdirectx plugin.dll component of the affected software.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.8, update to version 1.1.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of libdirectx plugin.dll when playing AMV files until a patch is applied.