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
0.122 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.4%
The picture_pool_Delete function in misc/picture_pool.c in VideoLAN VLC
media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or
cause a denial of service (DEP violation and application crash) via a
crafted FLV file.
Author | Note |
---|---|
seth-arnold | vlc claims the bug is in libav, but “the 2.2.0-rc2 binaries already fix the problem” |
mdeslaur | as of 2015-05-08, no indication of a libav fix can reproduce with vlc 2.1.6 in trusty can’t reproduce with vlc in precise |