Malicious subtitles can be used to fully take over PC

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  1. Hilbert Hagedoorn

    Hilbert Hagedoorn Don Vito Corleone Staff Member

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    this news is already obsolete with the new kodi version 17.2 https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-v172-minor-bug-fix-and-security-release . nothing to sse here, just click baiting or poor news writing. maybe, next time you put more effort into the news and tell the users which version is affected and which fixes it.

    "You may have read in the news that malicious subtitle zip files could potentionally infect and harm your media player including Kodi. When Check Point researchers uncovered this flaw they contact us up front to less us know about this flaw. Our developers fixed this secuity gap and have added the fix to this v17.2 release. As such we highly encourage all users to install this latest version! Any previous Kodi version will not get any security patch. We have began the roll out of this version and Android Play Store as well as Windows Store have this update pending and will roll out as soon as possible. Please be patient if you are using these store versions. Our official download page of course has the regular install files available for the supported platforms."
     
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    Perhaps you didn't read this part "Developers of the applications have already applied fixes or will do so soon." This was referring to all affected applications not just Kodi that you're mentioning.
     
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    alanm Ancient Guru

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    What about the other media players mentioned? And what if users dont use auto-update or prefer the particular version they are using? For those who might not be aware its still useful info.
     

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    Reddoguk Ancient Guru

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    VLC has released a new version to address this very issue, not sure about all the others since i only use VLC.
     
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    Amaze Ancient Guru

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    Anyone know if MPC is affected?
     
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    @spex_2: How many people are not updating? This may actually make few to update.
     
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    Interesting. Updated VLC
     
  9. -Tj-

    -Tj- Ancient Guru

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    Thanks for info, and it appears to open faster too - snappier.
     
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    Nice thanks.
     

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