Bug#459858: vlc: segfaults and other issues with http://www.zynamics.com/files/ms08001.swf

[Paul Wise]

Package: vlc
Version: 0.8.6.c-4
Severity: normal

I tried to play http://www.zynamics.com/files/ms08001.swf in vlc and got
multiple segfaults, invalid pointers, double free and freezes/xlib
problems:

$ vlc ms08001.swf 
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
Multiple segmentation faults occurred; can't display error dialog
$ vlc ms08001.swf
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
*** glibc detected *** vlc: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x08411618 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x1bb)[0xb7cba2cb]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6[0xb486febc]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6[0xb486ff35]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XrmDestroyDatabase+0x51)[0xb486ffc1]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XFreeDisplayStructure+0x3e6)[0xb48568c6]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XCloseDisplay+0xf4)[0xb4842784]
/usr/lib/vlc/video_output/libxvideo_plugin.so(Deactivate__0_8_6+0xc7)[0xb196c697]
======= Memory map: ========
<snip>
$ vlc ms08001.swf 
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
*** glibc detected *** vlc: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x08430c60 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7d67735]
/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb7d6b1a0]
/usr/lib/libavutil.so.1d(av_free+0x1f)[0xb1b8949f]
======= Memory map: ========
<snip>
$ vlc ms08001.swf pabs at chianamo:~$ 
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x1ad9)!
<freezed here>

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  libaa1                  1.4p5-33         ascii art library
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.20.0-1         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                   2.7-5            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcaca0                0.99.beta13b-4   colour ASCII art library
ii  libcairo2               1.4.12-2         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcdio7                0.78.2+dfsg1-2   library to read and control CD-ROM
ii  libcucul0               0.99.beta13b-4   low-level Unicode character drawin
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.1.2-1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2        0.74-1           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfreetype6            2.3.5-1+b1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi0             0.10.9-1         Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.3-20080104-1 GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1 7.0.2-3          A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.14.4-2         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libglu1-mesa [libglu1]  7.0.2-3          The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.12.3-2         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                 2:1.0.4-1        X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libiso9660-5            0.78.2+dfsg1-2   library to work with ISO9660 files
ii  libjpeg62               6b-14            The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1- 0.4.4-3          sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.18.3-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0              1.2.15~beta5-3   PNG library - runtime
ii  libsdl-image1.2         1.2.6-1          image loading library for Simple D
ii  libsdl1.2debian         1.2.13-1         Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libsm6                  2:1.0.3-1+b1     X11 Session Management library
ii  libstdc++6              4.3-20080104-1   The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtar                  1.2.11-4         C library for manipulating tar arc
ii  libtiff4                3.8.2-7          Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra
ii  libvcdinfo0             0.7.23-4         library to extract information fro
ii  libvlc0                 0.8.6.c-4        multimedia player and streamer lib
ii  libwxbase2.6-0          2.6.3.2.2-1      wxBase library (runtime) - non-GUI
ii  libwxgtk2.6-0           2.6.3.2.2-1      wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI t
ii  libx11-6                2:1.0.3-7        X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                1:1.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxinerama1            1:1.0.2-1        X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxosd2                2.2.14-1.4       X On-Screen Display library - runt
ii  libxv1                  1:1.0.3-1        X11 Video extension library
ii  ttf-dejavu-core         2.22-1           Vera font family derivate with add
ii  vlc-nox                 0.8.6.c-4        multimedia player and streamer (wi
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-8 compression library - runtime

-- 
bye,
pabs

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