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
High
EPSS
Percentile
94.9%
VLC Media Player is prone to an integer overflow vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
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#
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900112");
script_version("2022-05-11T11:17:52+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-05-11 11:17:52 +0000 (Wed, 11 May 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-08-22 10:29:01 +0200 (Fri, 22 Aug 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3732");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
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_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_name("VLC Media Player TTA Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.16.txt");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30718");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2394");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to an integer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an overflow error when processing TTA data in Open()
method in modules/demux/tta.c file.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC Media Player version 0.8.6i and prior on Windows (All).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VLC Media Player version 1.0 or later.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Remote exploitation will cause application to crash or allow
execution of arbitrary code or deny the service.");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
if(!get_kb_item("SMB/WindowsVersion")){
exit(0);
}
vlcVer = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\VideoLAN\VLC", item:"Version");
if(egrep(pattern:"^0\.([0-7]\..*|8\.([0-5][a-z]?|6[a-i]?))$", string:vlcVer)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}