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VLC Media Player QuickTime IMA File Denial of Service Vulnerability June16 (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
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
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
6 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 flaw is due to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'DecodeAdpcmImaQT' function in 'modules/codec/adpcm.c' script.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.4 on Mac OS X.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to VideoLAN VLC media player version 2.2.4 or later.