VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 3.0.20 Mms Stream heap-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 3.0.20. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Mms Stream Handler. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-46461. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 3.0.20. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Mms Stream Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

VLC media player 3.0.20 and earlier is vulnerable to denial of service through an integer overflow which could be triggered with a maliciously crafted mms stream (heap based overflow). If successful, a malicious third party could trigger either a crash of VLC or an arbitrary code execution with the target user's privileges.

The advisory is shared for download at videolan.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-46461 since 09/11/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.0.21 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at videolan.org.

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Productinfo

Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

• VideoLAN

Name

• VLC Media Player

Version

• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.7
• 3.0.8
• 3.0.9
• 3.0.10
• 3.0.11
• 3.0.12
• 3.0.13
• 3.0.14
• 3.0.15
• 3.0.16
• 3.0.17
• 3.0.18
• 3.0.19
• 3.0.20

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.videolan.org/

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