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VLC Media Player 2.x < 2.2.4 RCE

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9799

Synopsis

The remote host contains a media application that is affected by a remote code execution attack vector.

Description

The remote host is running VLC 2.x prior to 2.2.4 and is affected by an out-of-bounds write flaw in the 'DecodeAdpcmImaQT()' function in 'modules/codec/adpcm.c' that is triggered when handling a specially crafted media file. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player 2.x version 2.2.4 or later.

See Also

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1601.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 9799

Family: Web Clients

Published: 11/18/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 9.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5108

BID: 90924