VLC crashes watching a DVD with ("wvWare assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: wvWare terminated")

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Binary package hint: vlc

Always at the same spot, vlc media player crashes on a rental DVD with the above error message. Apple DVD player was able to play the DVD just fine.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** buffer overflow detected ***: wvWare terminated
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Oct 3 20:33:11 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/wvWare
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: wv 1.2.4-2ubuntu2
ProcCmdline: wvWare -1 -x /usr/share/wv/wvText.xml /tmp/tracker.msword_filter.Qt5dJFcOO0/tmpfile
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: wv
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
 __fortify_fail () from /lib/libc.so.6
 __chk_fail () from /lib/libc.so.6
Title: wvWare assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: wvWare terminated
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout kvm lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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