VLC Media Player < 0.9.3 XSPF Playlist Handling Memory Corruption

high Nessus Plugin ID 34400

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.

Description

The version of VLC media player installed on the remote host is earlier than 0.9.3. Such versions do not properly bounds-check an identifier tag in XSPF files in the 'demux/playlist/xspf.c' library before using it to index into an array on the heap. By tricking a user into opening a malicious XSPF file, it may be possible to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 0.9.4 or later (there are no official binaries for Windows of version 0.9.3).

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34400

File Name: vlc_0_9_3.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/15/2008

Updated: 6/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-4558

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Required KB Items: SMB/VLC/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4558

BID: 31758

CWE: 399

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