Out-of-Bounds Affecting vlc package, versions <0.8.4.debian-2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.54% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-VLC-360718
  • published7 Dec 2005
  • disclosed7 Dec 2005

Introduced: 7 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-4048  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 vlc to version 0.8.4.debian-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the avcodec_default_get_buffer function (utils.c) in FFmpeg libavcodec 0.4.9-pre1 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) mplayer, (2) xine-lib, (3) Xmovie, and (4) GStreamer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via small PNG images with palettes.

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