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VLC Media Player > 0.5.0 and < 1.1.11 Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5987

Synopsis

The remote host contains an application that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors

Description

The remote host contains VLC player, a multi-media application.

Versions of VLC media player earlier than 1.1.11 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Read Media file parser. (SA-1105)

 - A heap overflow vulnerability exists in the AVI file parser. (SA-1106)

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 1.1.11 or later.

See Also

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1105.html

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1106.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 5987

Family: Web Clients

Published: 7/18/2011

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 55608

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2587, CVE-2011-2588

BID: 48664