VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows WAV Media File numeric error

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows (Multimedia Player Software). This issue affects an unknown part of the component WAV Media File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large fmt chunk in a WAV file.

The weakness was published 07/02/2008 by Alin Rad Pop with Secunia Research (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-2430 since 05/27/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33485 (VLC Media Player < 0.8.6i WAV File Handling Integer Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at videolan.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 15080. In this case the pattern RIFF is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8920.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43547) and Tenable (33485).

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 33485
Nessus Name: VLC Media Player < 0.8.6i WAV File Handling Integer Overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 64255
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1819-1 (vlc)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: videolan.org

Snort ID: 15080
Snort Message: MULTIMEDIA VideoLAN VLC Media Player WAV processing integer overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: videolan.org

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Alin Rad Pop
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2430 (🔍)
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X-Force: 43547
SecurityTracker: 1020429 - VLC Media Player Integer Overflow in Processing WAV Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 18757 - VLC Media Player Vulnerability Allows Code Execution or DoS via a Specially-Crafted WAV File, Critical
SecurityFocus: 30058 - VLC Media Player WAV File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 30601 - VLC Media Player WAV Processing Integer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 46660 - VLC Media Player modules/demux/wav.c Open() Function Crafted WAV File Handling Remote Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2008-1995

Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2008 12:14
Updated: 03/16/2021 15:31
Changes: 07/21/2008 12:14 (91), 05/06/2019 07:05 (12), 03/16/2021 15:31 (2)
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