PT-2014-2152 · Videolan · Vlc Media Player

Alex Legler · Published 2014-12-26 · Updated 2014-12-29 · CVE-2011-3623

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VLC media player versions prior to 1.0.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted media files, including ASF, AVI, and MP4 files. This is related to functions such as ASF ObjectDumpDebug in libasf.c, AVI ChunkDumpDebug level in libavi.c, and MP4 BoxDumpStructure in libmp4.c.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.2, update to version 1.0.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of ASF ObjectDumpDebug, AVI ChunkDumpDebug level, and MP4 BoxDumpStructure functions until a patch is available. Restrict access to crafted media files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3623

Affected Products

Vlc Media Player

References · 12

• http://videolan.org/security/sa0901.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3623 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3623 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3623 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-3623 · Vendor Advisory
• https://videolan.org/security/sa0901.html · Note
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=861e374d03e6c60c7d3c98428c632fe3b9e371b2 · Note
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dfe7084e8cc64e9b7a87cd37065b59cba2064823 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285370 · Note
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c5b02d011b8c634d041167f4d2936b55eca4d18d · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3623 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/18/10 · Note