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VLC < 1.1.12 DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 138341

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a media player that is affected by denial of service and/or a potential infoleak vulnerability.

Description

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in VLC media player before 1.1.12. Allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in an amr file.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC version 1.1.12 or later.

See Also

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18309

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138341

File Name: vlc_1_1_12.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/9/2020

Updated: 10/25/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0904

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0904

BID: 51255