Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-1954 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Videolan VLC Media Player

CVSS 0.0 - NONE

Attack vector

UNKNOWN

Attack complexity

UNKNOWN

Privileges required

UNKNOWN

Confidentiality impact

UNKNOWN

Integrity impact

UNKNOWN

Availability impact

UNKNOWN

videolan

CWE-119

nessus

NVD

Published: 2013-07-10

Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

The ASF Demuxer (modules/demux/asf/asf.c) in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF movie that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Videolan Videolan VLC Media Player - Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99B Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99C Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99D Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99E Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99F Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99G Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99H Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99I Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.50 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.60 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.61 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.62 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.63 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.70 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.71 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.72 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.73 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.80 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.81 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.82 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.83 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.90 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.91 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.92 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.3.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.3.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.3-Ac3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.1A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.6.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.6.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.6.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.7.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.7.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.7.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.4A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6B Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6C Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6D Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6E Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6F Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6G Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6H Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6I Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.1337 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.8A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.9 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.9A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.10 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.4.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.6.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.7 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.8 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.9 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.10 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.10.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.11 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.12 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.13 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.5	107

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
Overflow Buffers
Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
MIME Conversion
An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

NASL family	Windows
NASL id	VLC_2_0_6.NASL
description	The version of VLC media player installed on the remote host is earlier than 2.0.6. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability related to the ASF demuxer plugin.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	66216
published	2013-04-25
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66216
title	VLC < 2.0.6 ASF Demuxer Buffer Overflow

NASL family	Gentoo Local Security Checks
NASL id	GENTOO_GLSA-201411-01.NASL
description	The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201411-01 (VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file using VLC, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	78879
published	2014-11-06
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78879
title	GLSA-201411-01 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

NASL family	Debian Local Security Checks
NASL id	DEBIAN_DSA-2973.NASL
description	Multiple buffer overflows have been found in the VideoLAN media player. Processing malformed subtitles or movie files could lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
last seen	2020-03-17
modified	2014-07-09
plugin id	76417
published	2014-07-09
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76417
title	Debian DSA-2973-1 : vlc - security update

Oval

accepted

2013-08-26T04:00:14.489-04:00

class

vulnerability

contributors

name	Shane Shaffer
organization	G2, Inc.

definition_extensions

comment	VLC media player is installed
oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11821

description

family

windows

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17023

status

accepted

submitted

2013-07-12T12:09:03.685-04:00

title

version

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Nessus

Oval

References