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
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
81.9%
VLC media player is prone to multiple
denial-of-service vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811078");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-9301", "CVE-2017-9300");
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:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-06-06 20:29:00 +0000 (Tue, 06 Jun 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-06-05 14:29:56 +0530 (Mon, 05 Jun 2017)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_name("VLC Media Player < 2.2.5 Multiple Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC media player is prone to multiple
denial-of-service 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 error in the 'plugins\codec\libflac_plugin.dll
and 'plugins\audio_filter\libmpgatofixed32_plugin.dll' scripts while reading a crafted file.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash or invalid read and application crash) or
possibly have unspecified other impact.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.4 on Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.2.5 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://code610.blogspot.in/2017/04/multiple-crashes-in-vlc-224.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98747");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98746");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/2.2.5.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_vlc_media_player_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLC/Media/Player/MacOSX/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!vlcVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE))
exit(0);
if (version_is_less(version: vlcVer, test_version: "2.2.5")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: vlcVer, fixed_version: "2.2.5");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
81.9%