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VLC Media Player < 2.0.9 Buffer Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8632

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is running VLC 2.x prior to 2.0.9 and is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability in 'packetizer/mpeg4audio.c'.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 2.0.9 or later.

See Also

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 8632

Family: Web Clients

Published: 4/22/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 72279

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4388

BID: 62724