VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jun 2019) - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108606");
  script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-5439", "CVE-2019-12874");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-06-25 12:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 25 Jun 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-06-22 08:46:05 +0000 (Sat, 22 Jun 2019)");
  script_name("VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jun 2019) - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1901.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/double-free-rce-in-vlc-a-honggfuzz-how-to/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://hackerone.com/reports/484398");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC media player is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
  on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:

  - An out of bounds write error in faad2 library.

  - Multiple out-of-band read errors.

  - Multiple heap overflow errors.

  - A NULL pointer dereference error.

  - Multiple use-after-free issues.

  - An integer underflow error.

  - Multiple integer overflow errors.

  - A division by zero error.

  - A floating point exception error.

  - An infinite loop error.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
  to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application, cause
  denial of service or launch other attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VideoLAN VLC media player version before 3.0.7 on Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to version 3.0.7 or later. Please see the
  references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vlcVer = infos["version"];
vlcpath = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less(version:vlcVer, test_version:"3.0.7")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, fixed_version:"3.0.7", install_path:vlcpath);
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);