Source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008/info VLC media player is prone to a heap-based memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application. Failed attacks will cause denial-of-service conditions. An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to open a malicious media file containing malicious subtitles with the vulnerable application. The following proof-of-concept commands are available: 1. echo -ne '<foo\0crashme' | dd conv=notrunc bs=1 seek=877862 \ of=refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv 2. vlc --sub-language English refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv