6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.091 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.6%
VLC Media Player is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801784");
script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-05-16 15:25:30 +0200 (Mon, 16 May 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1684");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("VLC Media Player 'MP4_ReadBox_skcr()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/44022");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47293");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66664");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0916");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Win/Installed");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by
tricking a user into opening a malicious file or visiting a specially crafted
web page.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version prior to 1.1.9 on Windows");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by a heap corruption error in the 'MP4_ReadBox_skcr()'
[modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c] function when processing malformed MP4
(MPEG-4 Part 14) data.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the VLC media player version 1.1.9 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
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);
vers = infos['version'];
path = infos['location'];
if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"1.1.9" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.1.9", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );