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VLC Media Player < 1.0.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 48760
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a media player that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The version of VLC media player installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.0.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 due to heap-based buffer overflow. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via a crafted byte stream to the (1) A/52, (2) DTS, or (3) MPEG Audio decoder, to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-1441).
- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via a crafted byte stream to the (1) AVI, (2) ASF, or (3) Matroska (aka MKV) demuxer, to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-1442).
- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 due to parse_track_node function in modules/demux/playlist/xspf.c in the XSPF playlist parser. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via an empty location element in an XML Shareable Playlist Format (XSPF) document, to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash). (CVE-2010-1443).
- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 due to ZIP archive decompressor. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via a crafted archive, to ccause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-1444).
- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 due to heap-based buffer overflow. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via a crafted byte stream in an RTMP session, to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-1445).
- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 due to buffer overflow. An user-assisted, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via a crafted .mp3 file that is played during bookmark creation, to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-1087).
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to VLC version 1.0.6 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 48760
File Name: vlc_1_0_6.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 6/15/2020
Updated: 3/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1087
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-1441, CVE-2010-1442, CVE-2010-1443, CVE-2010-1444, CVE-2010-1445, CVE-2011-1087