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VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows

🗓️ 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows. Integer overflow in XSPF playlist file parser allows arbitrary code execution

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902603");
  script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-07-01 16:09:45 +0200 (Fri, 01 Jul 2011)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2194");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1104.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48171");

  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 in
  the context of the application. Failed attacks will cause denial-of-service
  conditions.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version 0.8.5 through 1.1.9");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an integer overflow in XSPF playlist file parser,
  which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the VLC media player version 1.1.10 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to an integer 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_in_range( version:vers, test_version:"0.8.5", test_version2:"1.1.9" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.1.10", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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12 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.09181
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