CVE-2016-5108

critical

Published 2016-06-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Buffer overflow in the DecodeAdpcmImaQT function in modules/codec/adpcm.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime IMA file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41025 dos windows verified

Patrick Coleman · 2016-05-27

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.2.1 - 'DecodeAdpcmImaQT' Buffer Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.2.3-2`
sid	Fixed	`2.2.3-2`
forky	Fixed	`2.2.3-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.2.3-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.2.3-2`
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
videolan	vlc_media_player	`{"endIncluding":"2.2.3"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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