VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.0.5 ZIP Archive Decompressor memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.0.5. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component ZIP Archive Decompressor. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-1444. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended 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 rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component ZIP Archive Decompressor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The ZIP archive decompressor in 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 archive.

The weakness was shared 12/26/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at videolan.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1444 since 04/15/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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-47884†). The entries VDB-4118, VDB-7069, VDB-9448 and VDB-10074 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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: 67351
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: vlc
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: VLC Media Player 1.0.6
Patch: 08813ee6f8eb0faf83790bd4247c0a97af75a1cf

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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-2010-1444 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1444
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73394
SecurityFocus: 42386
Vulnerability Center: 47884 - VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 Remote DoS or Code Execution via a Crafted Archive - CVE-2010-1444, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/10/2022 09:11
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (61), 05/06/2019 07:16 (3), 04/10/2022 09:09 (3), 04/10/2022 09:11 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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