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HistoryOct 13, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

VLC Media Player 3GP File Denial of Service Vulnerability (Oct 2015) - Windows

2015-10-1300:00:00
Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG
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11

9.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access 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

0.192 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.2%

VLC media player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.806086");
  script_version("2024-02-09T05:06:25+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5949");
  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:"2015-10-13 15:49:16 +0530 (Tue, 13 Oct 2015)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_name("VLC Media Player 3GP File Denial of Service Vulnerability (Oct 2015) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC media player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to insufficient
  restrictions on a writable buffer which affects the 3GP file format parser.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary
  code via a crafted 3GP file.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.1 and
  earlier on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Updates are available, please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133266");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76448");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536287/100/0/threaded");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  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_less_equal(version:vlcVer, test_version:"2.2.1"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, fixed_version:"2.2.2");
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}

9.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access 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

0.192 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.2%