Out-of-Bounds Affecting videolan package, versions [,2.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
28.61% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIDEOLAN-2371226
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Jun 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-5108  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade videolan to version 2.2.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

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