PT-2016-1712 · Videolan+2 · Vlc Media Player+2

Gustavo + 1 · Published 2015-03-05 · Updated 2016-11-30 · CVE-2016-3941

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VideoLAN VLC media player versions prior to 2.2.0

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted wav file. This is related to "seek across EOF." The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2.0, update to version 2.2.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the AStreamPeekStream function until a patch is available. Restrict access to crafted wav files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1261

BDU:2016-01038

CVE-2016-3941

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1651-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Vlc Media Player

References · 12

• 🔥 https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html · Exploit
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3941 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01038 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3941 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3941 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035456 · Note