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vlc package

Buffer overflow in equalizer adjustment

Bug #259025 reported by James Collier on 2008-08-18

4

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	vlc (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: vlc

Ubuntu Intrepid
"uname -a"
Linux jcollier-notebook 2.6.26-5-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 15 13:54:22 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

VLC version:
VLC media player 0.8.6h Janus (wxWidgets interface)
Compiler: gcc version 4.3.1 (Ubuntu 4.3.1-5ubuntu1)

Attached is valgrind log and "Backtrace" & "Memory Map" output from the crash

Instructions for replication of bug:
  1. Start VLC with no initial playlist
  2. "Settings" > "Extended GUI"
  3. Select the equalizer tab
  4. Move any of the equalizer adjustments

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James Collier (james-collier412) wrote on 2008-08-18:

#1

valgrind.log Edit (61.2 KiB, text/plain)

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James Collier (james-collier412) wrote on 2008-08-18:

#2

vlc-crash-output Edit (11.3 KiB, text/plain)

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James Collier (james-collier412) wrote on 2008-08-18:

#3

gdb-vlc.txt Edit (18.3 KiB, text/plain)

GDB backtrace, apologies, this is probably useless as there are no debug symbols.

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James Collier (james-collier412) wrote on 2008-09-01:

#4

gdb-vlc.txt Edit (29.8 KiB, text/plain)

GDB retrace with debug symbols!

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James Collier (james-collier412) wrote on 2008-09-01:

#5

valgrind.log Edit (67.4 KiB, text/plain)

Valgrind log with debug symbols

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Magnus S (magnuss) wrote on 2008-11-27:

#6

Hi, i failed to reproduce this on vlc 0.9.4-1ubuntu3 (the one in Intrepid). Is this still a problem for you with an updated vlc-player? Which Ubuntu version are you running?
//magnus

Changed in vlc:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote on 2009-01-06:

#7

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in vlc:
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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