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VLC Media Player < 3.0.9 DoS Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
3 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
VLC Media Player is prone to a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (memory corruption) via a crafted image file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VideoLAN VLC Media Player before version 3.0.9 on Mac OS X.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 3.0.9 or later.