VLC media player versions 0.8.6i and older suffer from multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Refer to our advisory for technical details. Fixes for these issues are available in VLC 0.9. We strongly recommend all users to update to this new version. Note: a binary VLC 0.9 release should be available for Windows and Mac OS X users in a few days.
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