Detections
Analytics
VLC Media Player < 0.8.6h Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 33278
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a media player that is affected by several vulnerabilities.Description
The version of VLC Media Player installed on the remote host reportedly includes versions of GnuTLS, libgcrypt, and libxml2 that are affected by various denial of service and buffer overflow vulnerabilities.Solution
Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 0.8.6h or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 33278
File Name: vlc_0_8_6h.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: Local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 6/30/2008
Updated: 6/23/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.15
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-1950
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player
Required KB Items: SMB/VLC/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-6284, CVE-2008-1948, CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950