CVE-2016-3941
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
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."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.2.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.2.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.2.0-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.2.0-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.2.0-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| videolan | vlc_media_player | {"endIncluding":"2.1.6"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633
- https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3941
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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