Detections
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VLC Media Player < 0.9.3 XSPF Playlist Memory Corruption (deprecated)
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4708
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.Description
The version of VLC Media Player installed on the remote host is earlier than 0.9.3. Such versions do not properly bounds-check an identifier tag in XSPF files in the 'demux/playlist/xspf.c' library before using it to index into an array on the heap. By tricking a user into opening a malicious XSPF file, it may be possible to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application.Solution
Upgrade to version 0.9.4 or higher (there are no official binaries for Windows of version 0.9.3).See Also
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0267.html
http://www.nessus.org/u?eb7b1baf
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 4708
Family: Web Clients
Published: 10/15/2008
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 34400
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-4558
BID: 31758