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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808221
Category:Denial of Service
Title:VLC Media Player QuickTime IMA File Denial of Service Vulnerability (Jun 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 a buffer overflow
vulnerability in the 'DecodeAdpcmImaQT' function in 'modules/codec/adpcm.c'
script.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary
code via crafted QuickTime IMA file.

Affected Software/OS:
VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.4
on Windows.

Solution:
Upgrade to VideoLAN VLC media player version
2.2.4 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5108
BugTraq ID: 90924
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90924
Debian Security Information: DSA-3598 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3598
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-39
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036009
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1651 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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