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VLC Media Player Multiple Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with VLC media player and is prone to multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

Multiple flaws exist due to an error in the 'plugins\codec\libflac_plugin.dll' and 'plugins\audio_filter\libmpgatofixed32_plugin.dll' scripts while reading a crafted file.

Affected Software

Affected Software

VideoLAN VLC media player version 2.2.4 on Windows

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 3.0 or above.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)