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VLC < 3.0.20 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193339

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Synopsis

The remote host contains a media player that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of VLC media player installed on the remote host is prior to 3.0.20. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an incorrect offset read that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function GetPacket() and results in a memory corruption. (CVE-2023-47359)

 - Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an Integer underflow that leads to an incorrect packet length. (CVE-2023-47360)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC version 3.0.20 or later.

See Also

https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3020.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193339

File Name: vlc_3_0_20.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/15/2024

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-47359

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: 11/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-47359, CVE-2023-47360

IAVB: 2024-B-0004-S