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A vulnerability has been found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.1.0 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component TTA File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 03/18/2012. The weakness was published 03/18/2012 by Dan Fosco as vlc10.txt as not defined exploit (Website). The advisory is available at dfcode.org. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. OSVDB notes: "Based on the provided details and additional cursory testing, there is, however, no evidence to support the claims of memory corruption and the possibility of code execution. Instead, the issue is simply considered a stability bug, causing this entry to be flagged as 'Myth/Fake'."
A public exploit has been developed by Dan Fosco in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at dfcode.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The code used by the exploit is:
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { FILE *f; f = fopen(argv[1], "r+"); fseek(f, 10, SEEK_SET); fputc('\x00', f); fseek(f, 11, SEEK_SET); fputc('\x00', f); fseek(f, 26, SEEK_SET); fputc('\x00', f); fseek(f, 68, SEEK_SET); fputc('\x00', f); fseek(f, 59, SEEK_SET); fputc('\x00', f); fclose(f); return 0; }
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Similar entries are available at 11652 and 11651.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Dan Fosco
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Timeline
03/18/2012 🔍03/18/2012 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: videolan.orgAdvisory: vlc10.txt
Researcher: Dan Fosco
Status: Not defined
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OSVDB: 101468
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 12/28/2013 14:46Updated: 05/06/2019 07:09
Changes: 12/28/2013 14:46 (53), 05/06/2019 07:09 (2)
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