CVE-2010-3907
Description
Multiple integer overflows in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a zero i_subpackets value in a Real Media file, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.1.3-1squeeze1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.1.3-1squeeze1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.1.3-1squeeze1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.1.3-1squeeze1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.1.3-1squeeze1 |
Application impact
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6568965770f906d34d4aef83237842a5376adb55
- http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/drosenbe/research.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45632
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1007.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3345
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64461
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13950
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3907
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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