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A vulnerability was found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.1.2 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function ReadMetaFromId3v2 in the library taglib.cpp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The ReadMetaFromId3v2 function in taglib.cpp in the TagLib plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 1.1.2 does not properly process ID3v2 tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted media file.

The weakness was disclosed 08/20/2010 with FortiGuard Labs (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2937 since 08/04/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48334 (FreeBSD : vlc -- invalid id3v2 tags may lead to invalid memory dereferencing (e7d91a3c-a7c9-11df-870c-00242b513d7c)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.videolan.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (48334). The entry 10074 is pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

• VideoLAN

Name

• VLC Media Player

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 48334
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : vlc -- invalid id3v2 tags may lead to invalid memory dereferencing (e7d91a3c-a7c9-11df-870c-00242b513d7c)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 67862
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: vlc
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 22a22e356c9d93993086810b2e25b59b55925b3a

Timelineinfo

08/04/2010 🔍
08/11/2010 +7 days 🔍
08/11/2010 +0 days 🔍
08/16/2010 +5 days 🔍
08/19/2010 +3 days 🔍
08/20/2010 +1 days 🔍
08/20/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1672 days 🔍
09/23/2021 +2380 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: videolan.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: FortiGuard Labs
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2010-2937 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 26838 - VLC Media Player 0.9.0 - 1.1.2 Remote DoS Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 42386 - VLC Media Player Meta-Information Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vupen: ADV-2010-2087

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/23/2021 14:01
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (63), 05/06/2019 07:19 (12), 09/23/2021 13:55 (3), 09/23/2021 14:01 (1)
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