CVE-2016-3941

medium

Description

Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted wav file, related to "seek across EOF."

References

https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-4954

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-18

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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