medium5.5
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 serv…
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Videolan | Vlc Media Player | through 2.1.6 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Version 14.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633
- https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633
- https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html