CVE-2016-3941 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

Published: 2016-04-18

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4954	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."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00307.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633
https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Videolan Vlc Media Player

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-04-18T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:10:31.862Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3941

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-18T15:59:01.190

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-3941

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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