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
9.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.122 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.4%
VLC Media player is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805425");
script_version("2024-02-09T05:06:25+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9598", "CVE-2014-9597");
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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-09 05:06:25 +0000 (Fri, 09 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-01-27 17:11:51 +0530 (Tue, 27 Jan 2015)");
script_name("VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jan 2015) - Windows");
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 are due to:
- Improper input sanitization by 'picture_Release' function in
misc/picture.c.
- Improper input sanitization by 'picture_pool_Delete' function in
misc/picture_pool.c.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 on
Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VideoLAN VLC media player
version 2.2.0-rc2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72106");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72105");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130004");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Win/Installed");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!vlcVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_equal(version:vlcVer, test_version:"2.1.5"))
{
report = 'Installed version: ' + vlcVer + '\n' +
'Fixed version: ' + "2.2.0-rc2" + '\n';
security_message(data:report );
exit(0);
}