VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.0.5 Demuxer memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.0.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Demuxer. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2010-1442. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.0.5 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component Demuxer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted byte stream to the (1) AVI, (2) ASF, or (3) Matroska (aka MKV) demuxer.

The weakness was disclosed 12/26/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at videolan.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-1442 since 04/15/2010. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78879 (GLSA-201411-01 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (78879) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47880†). The entries VDB-4118, VDB-7069, VDB-9448 and VDB-10074 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 78879
Nessus Name: GLSA-201411-01 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 69555
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2211-1 (vlc)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: VLC Media Player 1.0.6

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04/15/2010 🔍
04/19/2010 +4 days 🔍
12/26/2014 +1712 days 🔍
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12/31/2014 +5 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +86 days 🔍
04/10/2022 +2571 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: videolan.org

Advisory: videolan.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1442 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1442
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73392

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SecurityFocus: 42386
Vulnerability Center: 47880 - VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 Remote DoS or Code Execution - CVE-2010-1442, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/10/2022 09:00
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (62), 05/06/2019 07:16 (3), 04/10/2022 09:00 (3)
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