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VLC Media Player 'avcodec picture copy' Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

None Solution Available

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with VLC media player and is prone to a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw exists due to a heap-based buffer over-read error in lavc_CopyPicture in modules/codec/avcodec/video.c due to insufficient validation of width and height.

Affected Software

Affected Software

VideoLAN VLC media player version through 3.0.7 on Windows.

Detection Method

Detection Method

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

Solution

Solution

No known solution is available as of 24th July, 2019. Information regarding this issue will be updated once solution details are available.

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