CVE-2016-3941 — 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
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Videolan VLC Media PlayerCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 18
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 2.2.0-1+3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-27v5-v9w4-6pr5: Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-3941: Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream↗2016-04-18
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OSV
CVE-2016-3941: Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream↗2016-04-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-3941: vlc - Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c in VideoLAN ...↗2016
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CVE-2016-3941 — Videolan VLC Media Player vulnerability | cvebase