CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.1%
VLC Media Player is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.803698");
script_version("2024-02-08T14:36:53+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1954");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 14:36:53 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-07-16 13:35:48 +0530 (Tue, 16 Jul 2013)");
script_name("VLC Media Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Jul 2013) - Windows");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or
cause denial of service condition in the context of affected application via
crafted ASF file.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version 2.0.5 and prior on Windows");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Flaw due to error in 'DemuxPacket()' function in the ASF Demuxer component
(modules/demux/asf/asf.c) when parsing ASF files.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VLC media player version 2.0.6 or later.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/51995");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57333");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1302.html");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 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");
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_equal( version:vers, test_version:"2.0.5" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.0.6", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );