VideoLan VLC Media Player Remote Format String Vulnerability

BID:21852

Info

VideoLan VLC Media Player Remote Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21852
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-0017
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 02 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 01 2007 02:28AM
Credit: Kevin Finisterre is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6
+ Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 4.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 4.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
+ Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 4.0
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6a

Discussion

VideoLan VLC Media Player Remote Format String Vulnerability

VLC media player is prone to a remote format-string vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before including it in the format-specifier argument of a formatted-printing function.

Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the application and to compromise affected computers.

VLC media player version 0.8.6 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

VideoLan VLC Media Player Remote Format String Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an, attacker must entice a victim user to open a malicious media file.

The following proofs of concept are available:

Solution / Fix

VideoLan VLC Media Player Remote Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
VideoLAN has released version 0.8.6a to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6

References

VideoLan VLC Media Player Remote Format String Vulnerability

References:
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