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
High
EPSS
Percentile
98.4%
VLC Media Player is prone to buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902342");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-02-23 12:24:37 +0100 (Wed, 23 Feb 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-0522");
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_name("VLC Media Player USF and Text Subtitles Decoders BOF Vulnerabilities - Linux");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/65029");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46008");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16108/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0225");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to crash an affected application
or execute arbitrary by convincing a user to open a malicious media file.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version 1.x before 1.1.6-rc");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws are caused by buffer overflow errors in the 'StripTags()' function
within the USF and Text subtitles decoders 'modules/codec/subtitles/subsdec.c'
and 'modules/codec/subtitles/subsusf.c' when processing malformed data.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the VLC media player version 1.1.6-rc or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to buffer overflow vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
vlcVer = get_kb_item("VLCPlayer/Lin/Ver");
if(!vlcVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:vlcVer, test_version:"1.1", test_version2:"1.1.6")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, vulnerable_range:"1.1 - 1.1.6");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}