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VLC < 2.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 138900
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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 2.0.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:- An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in plugins/demux/libmkv_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.7 and possibly other versions. Allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MKV file, possibly involving an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read or heap-based buffer overflow, or an uncaught exception. (CVE-2013-3245).
- An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the mp4a packetizer (modules/packetizer/mpeg4audio.c) in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.0.8. Allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2013-4388).
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 2.0.8 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 138900
File Name: vlc_2_0_8.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: windows, macosx, unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 7/24/2020
Updated: 10/25/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-3245
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 7/10/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-3245, CVE-2013-4388