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VLC Media Player OGG Demuxer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
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
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with VLC Media Player and is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
A boundary error exists within the 'Ogg_DecodePacket()' function (modules/demux/ogg.c) when processing OGG container files. This can be exploited to cause heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted OGG file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VLC media player versions prior to 2.0.2 on Windows
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to VLC media player version 2.0.2 or later.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49835
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/76800
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027224
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/06/2
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.0.git;a=commitdiff;h=16e9e126333f
- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/