VLC Media Player < 0.8.6f Multiple Vulnerabilities (deprecated)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4429

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of VLC Media Player installed on the remote host is reportedly affected by several security issues :

- A subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681).
- A Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073).
- MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489).
- A cinepak integer overflow.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.8.6f or higher.

See Also

http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS

http://www.videolan.org

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 4429

Family: Web Clients

Published: 3/14/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 31853

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2007-6682, CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768, CVE-2008-1769

BID: 27015, 28903, 28904, 28433