- fixes *many* null pointer deref, error handling failures, leaks,
use-after-free and double-free found by Coverity
- fixes some MPEG2 TS audio packet loss
- numerous security fixes in 0.8.6g
- fixes some memory leaks
Also: mark altivec FLAVOR as broken; ajacoutot reports that the
altivec-enabled binary fails to start.
ok ajacoutot
from the release notes:
VLC media player 0.8.6e and earlier versions suffer from security
vulnerabilities in the Subtitle demuxer, Real RTSP demuxer, MP4
demuxer and Cinepak codec.
from brad@
VLC (VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various
audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as
well as DVDs, and various streaming protocols.