Vulnerabilities found in VLC, Kodi (XBMC), Popcorn-Time and strem.io. By crafting malicious. subtitle files, which are then downloaded by a victims media player, attackers can take complete control over any type of device via vulnerabilities found in many popular streaming platforms. We estimate there are approximately 200 million video players and streamers that currently run the. vulnerable software. This is one of the most widespread, easily accessed and zero-resistance vulnerability reported in recent years.”]
Source: https://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/05/23/hacked-in-translation/