CVE-2018-11516

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-11516
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-28 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-03 21:00:00 UTC
DescriptionThe vlc_demux_chained_Delete function in input/demux_chained.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .swf file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 3.0.0 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 3.0.1 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 3.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VideoLAN VLC 'input/demux_chained.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VLC Media Player Use-After-Free Memory Error in Processing SWF Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
code16: Make free the VLC MISC code610.blogspot.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
VideoLAN Security Advisory 1801 - VideoLAN CONFIRM www.videolan.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375218 VLC Media Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (VideoLAN-SA-1801)
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