[vlc-devel] [PATCH] Adding caf file demuxer module.
Rafaël Carré
funman at videolan.org
Mon Sep 23 13:15:26 CEST 2013
Le 22/09/2013 22:12, Matthias Keiser a écrit :
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> Am 22.09.2013 um 00:03 schrieb Rafaël Carré <funman at videolan.org>:
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>> So I would say bailing out if > UINT32_MAX is the right thing to do.
> OK.
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>> Do you expect valid files to use such high values?
> No.
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>> Another question is can we DoS VLC with a carefully crafted file?
>>
>> Let's say if it's stuck reading 4GB (-1 byte) on a HTTP link and on a
>> mobile phone with 3G connection.
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> I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean, but yeah, I guess so, if the app is expecting data, and the network doesn't deliver, we might be stuck. But I feel not really qualified to answer this since I don't know (yet) the architecture of VLC very well.
No problem then, we'll look at it.
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