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VLC Media Player Denial-of-Service Vulnerability May18 (Mac OS X)

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

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

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

Insight

Insight

The flaws exist due to an error in the 'vlc_demux_chained_Delete' function in input/demux_chained.c file while reading a crafted .swf file.

Affected Software

Affected Software

VideoLAN VLC media player version 3.0.1 on Mac OS X

Detection Method

Detection Method

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

Solution

Solution

Update to version 3.0.2 or above. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)