CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
94.6%
VLC media player is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108606");
script_version("2024-02-09T05:06:25+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-5439", "CVE-2019-12874");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-09 05:06:25 +0000 (Fri, 09 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-06-25 12:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 25 Jun 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-06-22 08:46:05 +0000 (Sat, 22 Jun 2019)");
script_name("VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jun 2019) - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1901.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/double-free-rce-in-vlc-a-honggfuzz-how-to/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://hackerone.com/reports/484398");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC media player is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:
- An out of bounds write error in faad2 library.
- Multiple out-of-band read errors.
- Multiple heap overflow errors.
- A NULL pointer dereference error.
- Multiple use-after-free issues.
- An integer underflow error.
- Multiple integer overflow errors.
- A division by zero error.
- A floating point exception error.
- An infinite loop error.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application, cause
denial of service or launch other attacks.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VideoLAN VLC media player version before 3.0.7 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to version 3.0.7 or later. Please see the
references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vlcVer = infos['version'];
vlcpath = infos['location'];
if(version_is_less(version:vlcVer, test_version:"3.0.7")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, fixed_version:"3.0.7", install_path:vlcpath);
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
94.6%