VLC Media Player 'audio.c' Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Mac OS X

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810722");
  script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-6440");
  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:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
  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:"2017-04-03 14:21:00 +0000 (Mon, 03 Apr 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-03-30 15:38:41 +0530 (Thu, 30 Mar 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_name("VLC Media Player 'audio.c' Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC media player is prone to a heap overflow 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 error in the transcode
  module that may allow a corrupted stream to overflow buffers on the heap.
  With a non-malicious input, this could lead to heap corruption and a crash.");

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

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 on Mac OS X.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VideoLAN VLC media player version
  2.1.5 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Buffer overflow");
  script_dependencies("gb_vlc_media_player_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("VLC/Media/Player/MacOSX/Version");
  exit(0);
}

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

if(!vlcVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_is_less(version:vlcVer, test_version:"2.1.5"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, fixed_version:"2.1.5");
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}