VLC Media Player < 2.0.6 ASF Demuxer Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6778

Synopsis

The remote host contains an application that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability

Description

The remote host is running VLC 2.x prior to 2.0.6 and is affected by a a buffer overflow vulnerability related to the ASF demuxer plugin.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 2.0.6 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 6778

Family: Web Clients

Published: 4/29/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 66216

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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: 7.3

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1954

BID: 57333

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