[vlc-devel] FYI: Serious bug in old LIVE555 library versions - affecting VLC

Ross Finlayson finlayson at live555.com
Wed Nov 27 14:35:36 CET 2013


> He wants the minimal change to fix the issue in question.

OK, fair enough.  Attached is a patch file that fixes the buffer-overflow bug.  (Fortunately this patch is small, and should work for all recent versions of the LIVE555 code - at least within the last few months.)


> upgrading live555 to the newest version will include a lot of other changes, too

You say that like it's a bad thing :-)

Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/



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