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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804615
Category:Denial of Service
Title:VLC Media Player Denial of Service Vulnerability -01 (Jun 2014) - Linux
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 exists as user-supplied input is not properly sanitized when handling
a specially crafted WAV file.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow attackers to cause a denial of service
conditions or potentially execute arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
VLC media player version 2.1.3 on Linux.

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
replace the product by another one.

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-2014-3441
BugTraq ID: 67315
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67315
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126564/VLC-Player-2.1.3-Memory-Corruption.html
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