CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-3941
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-04-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted wav file, related to "seek across EOF."
Affected configurations
• videolan vlc media player (<= 2.1.6)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633 Vendor Advisory
- https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633 Vendor Advisory
- https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html Exploit