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VLC Media Player CAF Demuxer Integer Underflow Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.4
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with VLC media player and is prone to integer underflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw exist due to an improper handling of magic cookies in Core Audio Format (CAF) files, which could result in an uninitialized memory read in the CAF demuxer.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VideoLAN VLC media player version 3.0.4 on Mac OS X
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Apply patch from Reference. Please see the references for more information.