CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
99.6%
VLC Media Player is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802722");
script_version("2024-02-08T05:05:59+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1775", "CVE-2012-1776");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 05:05:59 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-03-21 11:52:20 +0530 (Wed, 21 Mar 2012)");
script_name("VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mar 2012) - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1201.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1202.html");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Win/Installed");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted streams.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version prior to 2.0.1 on Windows");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws are due to multiple buffer overflow errors in the
application, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
crafted MMS:// stream and Real RTSP streams.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VLC media player version 2.0.1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
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);
vers = infos['version'];
path = infos['location'];
if(version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"2.0.1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.0.1", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );