VLC Media Player up to 2.1.x WAV File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VLC Media Player up to 2.1.x. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component WAV File Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-3941. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VLC Media Player up to 2.1.x (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component WAV File Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted wav file, related to "seek across EOF."

The weakness was released 04/01/2016 by Gustavo Grieco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at videolan.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3941 since 03/30/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/06/2019).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91773 (openSUSE Security Update : vlc (openSUSE-2016-755)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168928 (OpenSuSE Security Update for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2016:1651-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.2.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (91773) and SecurityTracker (ID 1035456†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 91773
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : vlc (openSUSE-2016-755)
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OpenVAS ID: 800338
OpenVAS Name: VLC Media Player Denial of Service Vulnerability April-16 (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: VLC Media Player 2.2.0

Timelineinfo

03/30/2016 🔍
04/01/2016 +2 days 🔍
04/01/2016 +0 days 🔍
04/06/2016 +5 days 🔍
04/18/2016 +11 days 🔍
06/22/2016 +65 days 🔍
06/23/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/06/2019 +1047 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: videolan.org
Researcher: Gustavo Grieco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-3941 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3941
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81611
SecurityTracker: 1035456

Entryinfo

Created: 04/06/2016 09:13
Updated: 05/06/2019 07:17
Changes: 04/06/2016 09:13 (57), 05/06/2019 07:17 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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