certfr_avis - certa-2008-avi-509

CERTA-2008-AVI-509

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

Une vulnérabilité dans VLC media player permet d'exécuter du code arbitraire à distance.

Description

Une vulnérabilité de type débordement de mémoire a été découverte dans VLC media player. Elle permet, via une liste de lecture au format XSPF, l'exécution de code arbitraire à distance.

Solution

Mettre VLC media player à jour en version 0.9.4.

VLC media player 0.9.2.

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2008-4558 (GCVE-0-2008-4558)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2008-10-14 23:00

Modified

2024-08-07 10:17

Severity ?

CWE

Summary

Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via an XSPF playlist file with a negative identifier tag, which passes a signed comparison.

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31758	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6756	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14726	vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
	http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption	x_refsource_MISC
	http://secunia.com/advisories/32267	third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2826	vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45869	vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497354/100/0/threaded	mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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Author	Source	Type	Date

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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