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VLC < 2.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138342

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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 2.2.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - An exploitable Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the httpd_HtmlError function in network/httpd.c in the web interface in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the path info. (CVE-2014-9743).

 - An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists 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. (CVE-2016-3941).

Solution

Upgrade to VLC version 2.2.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e32b7fa2

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138342

File Name: vlc_2_2_0.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/9/2020

Updated: 10/25/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9743

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9743, CVE-2016-3941

BID: 79961, 85752