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VLC Media Player Denial-of-Service Vulnerability May18 (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
4 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 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 Windows
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.