Out-of-Bounds Affecting videolan package, versions [,2.1.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.62% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIDEOLAN-2371215
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 May 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 May 2014

CVE-2014-3441  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for videolan.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds codec\libpng_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted .png file, as demonstrated by a png in a .wave file.

CVSS Scores

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