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cve-2011-2588

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The tag cve-2011-2588 refers to a security vulnerability identified in VLC Media Player. This flaw is located in the AVI demuxer component and can be exploited when parsing a specially crafted 'strf' chunk in AVI files. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system. The vulnerability was discovered by security researcher Hossein Lotfi and rated as highly critical by Secunia. Users are advised to apply updates or take mitigations to protect against potential attacks involving malicious AVI files.
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    Windows 7 Highly Critical Vulnerabilities Identified in VLC Media Player

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    • arbitrary code avi files buffer overflow critical flaws cve-2011-2587 cve-2011-2588 cybersecurity demuxer exploitation heap overflow hossein lotfi media player realmedia research secunia security software security tech news vlc vulnerability
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