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HistoryJan 23, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

VLC Media Player '.amr' File Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows

2012-01-2300:00:00
Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG
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4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.675 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

98.0%

VLC Media Player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802420");
  script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0904");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-01-23 15:30:49 +0530 (Mon, 23 Jan 2012)");
  script_name("VLC Media Player '.amr' File Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/72085");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51255");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18309/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0033.html");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  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 crash the
affected application, denying service to legitimate users.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version prior to 1.1.11 on Windows.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an access violation error, when opening a
specially-crafted '.amr' file, which allows remote attacker to cause the
application to crash.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective
features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
  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_equal( version:vers, test_version:"1.1.11" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"None", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.675 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

98.0%

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