Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807929
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	VLC Media Player Denial of Service Vulnerability (Apr 2016) - Windows
Summary:	VLC media player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: VLC media player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to the buffer overflow in the 'AStreamPeekStream' function in 'input/stream.c' script. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted wav file. Affected Software/OS: VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.0 on Windows. Solution: Upgrade to VideoLAN VLC media player version 2.2.0 or later. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-3941 https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1651 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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