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VLC < 3.0.18 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 206449

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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 3.0.18. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:
 - VideoLAN VLC prior to version 3.0.18 contains a potential buffer overflow that allows attackers, by tricking a user into opening a crafted playlist or connecting to a rogue VNC server, to crash VLC or execute code under some conditions. (CVE-2022-41325)
- VideoLAN VLC prior to version 3.0.18 contains a denial of service that could be triggered with a wrong mp4 file
- VideoLAN VLC prior to version 3.0.18 contains a denial of service that could be triggered with a wrong oog file

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 3.0.18 or later.

See Also

https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3018.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206449

File Name: vlc_3_0_18.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/3/2024

Updated: 9/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41325

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 6/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41325