CVE-2016-3941: Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.28%

66.4th percentile

Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted wav file, related to "seek across EOF."

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
debian	vlc	< vlc 2.2.0-1 (bookworm)	vlc 2.2.0-1 (bookworm)
videolan	vlc_media_player	<= 2.1.6	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.0-1	2.2.0-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.0-1	2.2.0-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.0-1	2.2.0-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.0-1	2.2.0-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM

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