37380 : VLC Media Player Ogg/Theora File Handling Plugin Format String
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10 months ago

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Disclosure
Jun 20, 2007

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 VLC Media Player contains a format string vulnerability that may allow a malicious user to excecute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when a specially crafted .ogm (Theora) file is processed by the player. It is possible that the flaw may allow code excecution and memory corruption resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Upgrade to version 0.8.6c or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
VideoLAN
Watch-list
VLC media player
Watch-list
 0.8.6b
0.8.6a
0.8.6
0.8.5
0.8.4
0.8.4a
0.8.2
0.8.1
0.8.0
0.8.1337
0.7.x
0.6.x
0.5.x
0.4.x
0.3.x
0.2.x
0.1.x

References

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Nessus

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Credit
  • David Thiel - davidBrand New Doo Dooisecpartners.com - Isecpartners

Blogs

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2007/06/21 00:00:00 | CVE-2007-3316

from: National Vulnerability Database

CVE-2007-3316 Publish Date: 6/21/2007 Multiple format string vulnerabilities in plugins in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash

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