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A vulnerability was found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.1.9 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part in the library libmodplug. 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 XSPF playlist parser in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.5 through 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
The weakness was presented 05/03/2011 with epiphant (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-2194 since 05/31/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.
The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. 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 55045 (Debian DSA-2257-1 : vlc - heap-based buffer overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67941) and Tenable (55045).
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploiting
Class: Numeric errorCWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 55045
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2257-1 : vlc - heap-based buffer overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 69964
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2257-1 (vlc)
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Timeline
05/03/2011 🔍05/03/2011 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: videolan.orgAdvisory: debian.org
Organization: epiphant
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2194 (🔍)
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X-Force: 67941
Vulnerability Center: 31759 - VLC Media Player before 1.1.10 XSPF Demuxer Integer Overflow Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 48171 - VLC Media Player XSPF Playlist Integer Overflow Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 44412 - VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 05/19/2011 02:00Updated: 03/19/2021 09:47
Changes: 05/19/2011 02:00 (72), 05/06/2019 07:07 (17), 03/19/2021 09:47 (2)
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