Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-3941 (CCN-111902)

Assigned:2016-03-30
Published:2016-03-30
Updated:2016-11-30
Summary: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 v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.0 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
6.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
5.7 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-119
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-3941

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2016:1651

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:43:21 -0300
CVE request: Heap overflow in VLC 2.1.6 processing wav files

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:20:23 -0400 (EDT)
Re: CVE request: Heap overflow in VLC 2.1.6 processing wav files

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1035456

Source: CCN
Type: VideoLAN Web site
VLC Media Player

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
vlc-cve20163941-bo(111902)

Source: MLIST
Type: Exploit
[vlc-commits] 20150131 stream: handle seek across EOF correctly (hopefully)

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-3941

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.1.6)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20163941
    V
    		CVE-2016-3941
    2017-03-20
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20163941000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3941 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2016-04-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201639410000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3941 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-04-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20163941000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3941 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2016-04-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20163941000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3941 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-04-18
    BACK
    videolan vlc media player *
    canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
    videolan vlc media player 2.1.6