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VLC < 2.2.4 DoS

critical Nessus Plugin ID 138343

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a media player that is affected by denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of VLC media player installed on the remote host with version prior to 2.2.4, is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. A buffer overflow in the DecodeAdpcmImaQT function in modules/codec/adpcm.c in VideoLAN allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime IMA file.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC version 2.2.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1601.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 138343

File Name: vlc_2_2_4.nasl

Version: 1.5

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5108

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: 6/8/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5108

BID: 90924