Version history for VLC
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Changes from v0.8.6e to v0.8.6f
- Security updates:
- Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
- Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
- Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489)
- Fixed cinepak integer overflow
- Various bugfixes:
- The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
- Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
- Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
- Close MMS access on network timeout
- Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
Changes from v0.8.6d to v0.8.6e
- Various bugfixes:
- Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
- Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
- Security updates:
- Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
- HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
- Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
- Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296, VideoLAN-SA-0801)
- Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130, VideoLAN-SA-0802)
- Audio filter:
- Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
- Audio output:
- Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
- Access:
- Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
- Stream output:
- Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
- Encoders:
- Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
- Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264 encoding on multi-cpu systems
- - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
- - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
- Mac OS X Interface & Port:
- Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
- VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
- Localization:
- Updated Romanian and Polish translations
Changes from v0.8.6c to v0.8.6d
- Various bugfixes:
- Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
- Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
- Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences in input
- Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
- Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
- Windows and Mac OS Binaries:
- FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
- Active X plugin:
- Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703)
- Mac OS X Interface & Port:
- Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
- Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
- Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
- Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of two different movies
- Support for current Ogg file formats
- NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
- Encoders:
- Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
- Other changes:
- The automatic updating facility was removed
- You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
- EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
Changes from v0.8.6a to v0.8.6b Test 1
- Fix: out-of-bound read in demuxers
- Fix: demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
- Fix: Mac OS X Interface crashes
- Fix: VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
- Fix: Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
- Fix: correct behaviour for feeding streams to icecast or shoutcast servers
- Decoder: Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
- Decoder: Teletext subtitles support
- Webbrowser plugin: Rectified behaviour and improved usability
- Mac OS X: Diverse usability improvements
- Mac OS X: New wizard option to include subtitles
- Mac OS X: Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
- Mac OS X: Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
Changes from v0.8.6 to v0.8.6a
- Fixes security vulnerability which can lead to arbitrary code execution (Security Advisory 0701)
- Improves the usability of the Fullscreen Controller on Mac OS X
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