QID 375424

Date Published: 2021-04-05

QID 375424: VideoLAN VLC NULL Dereference Vulnerability ( VideoLAN-SA-1107)

VLC is a cross-platform media player.

A remote user could create a specifically crafted file that could trigger some various issues, notably 2 read buffer overflows, and some invalid pointers being dereferenced. Affected Versions:
VLC Prior to 1.1.11

QID Detection Logic (Authentication)
This QID Checks For Vulnerable Version Of VLC

On Successful exploitation a malicious third party could trigger either a crash of VLC or an arbitratry code execution with the privileges of the target user.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released updates to resolve this issue. Refer to Security Advisory VideoLAN-SA-1107 to obtain additional details.

Vendor References

VideoLAN-SA-1107 - www.videolan.org/security/sa1107.html

CVEs related to QID 375424

CVE-2011-3333 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
VideoLAN-SA-1107	Windows		www.videolan.org/security/sa1107.html

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