VLC Media Player < 1.1.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 53405

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 host is earlier than 1.1.9. Such versions are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- A heap based buffer overflow exists in the function 'MP4_ReadBox_skcr' in 'modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c'.
This issue can be triggered when parsing of a malicious MP4 file and lead to application crashes and possibly arbitrary code execution.

- An unspecified error exists in the third-party libmodplug component included with VLC.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 1.1.9 or later.

See Also

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/1.1.9.html

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1103.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 53405

File Name: vlc_1_1_9.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/13/2011

Updated: 8/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Required KB Items: SMB/VLC/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1684

BID: 47293

Secunia: 44022