CVE-2011-1684 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in VLC Media Player

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
4.9%
top 10.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedMay 3
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_skcr function in libmp4.c in the MP4 demultiplexer in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.x before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 file.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 1.1.8-3+3
▶NVDvideolan/vlc_media_player17 versions+16

Patches

Patch: openwall.com ↗Patch: openwall.com ↗Patch: www.videolan.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6fr2-3p5m-8x48: Heap-based buffer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_skcr function in libmp4↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2011-1684: Heap-based buffer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_skcr function in libmp4↗2011-05-03
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OSV
CVE-2011-1684: Heap-based buffer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_skcr function in libmp4↗2011-05-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2011-1684: vlc - Heap-based buffer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_skcr function in libmp4.c in the M...↗2011
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CVE-2011-1684 — Videolan VLC Media Player vulnerability | cvebase