PT-2018-10632 · Videolan+1 · Vlc Media Player+1

Code16 · Published 2018-02-10 · Updated 2023-03-03 · CVE-2018-11516

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VideoLAN VLC media player version 3.0.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in heap corruption and application crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts. This can be achieved via a crafted .swf file. The vlc demux chained Delete function in input/demux chained.c is the vulnerable component.

Recommendations For VideoLAN VLC media player version 3.0.1, consider disabling the vlc demux chained Delete function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to handling .swf files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1168

ALT-PU-2018-1930

CVE-2018-11516

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Vlc Media Player

References · 18

• 🔥 http://code610.blogspot.com/2018/05/make-free-vlc.html · Exploit
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-1930 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11516 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-1168 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13615 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03241 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11516 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11516 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11516 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11516 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104293 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/45477 · Telegram Post
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2018-11516 · Note
• https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22474 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041312 · Note