VLC Media Player < 1.0.2 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 41626

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a media player that is affected by stack-based buffer overflow.

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow condition exists in VLC media player before 1.0.2 due (1) a crafted ASF file, related to the ASF_ObjectDumpDebug function in modules/demux/asf/libasf.c; (2) a crafted AVI file,related to the AVI_ChunkDumpDebug_level function in modules/demux/avi/libavi.c; or (3) a crafted MP4 file, related to the __MP4_BoxDumpStructure function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via tricking a user into opening a specially crafted MP4, ASF, or AVI file, to cause execution of arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC version 1.0.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 41626

File Name: vlc_1_0_2.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/15/2020

Updated: 7/10/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3623

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3623

BID: 36439, 79751

Secunia: 36762

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