Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-5439 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Videolan VLC Media Player
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player < 3.0.7 causes a crash which can possibly be further developed into a remote code execution exploit.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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
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(CVE-2019-13602) It was discovered that the VLC AVI demuxer incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted AVI file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5439). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. 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NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-1909.NASL description This update for vlc to version 3.0.7.1 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2019-5439: Fixed a buffer overflow (bsc#1138354). - CVE-2019-5459: Fixed an integer underflow (bsc#1143549). - CVE-2019-5460: Fixed a double free (bsc#1143547). - CVE-2019-12874: Fixed a double free in zlib_decompress_extra in modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp (bsc#1138933). - CVE-2019-13602: Fixed an integer underflow in mp4 demuxer (boo#1141522). - CVE-2019-13962: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in avcodec (boo#1142161). 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NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_F2144530936F11E98FC45404A68AD561.NASL description zhangyang reports : The ReadFrame function in the avi.c file uses a variable i_width_bytes, which is obtained directly from the file. It is a signed integer. It does not do a strict check before the memory operation(memmove, memcpy), which may cause a buffer overflow. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 126082 published 2019-06-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/126082 title FreeBSD : vlc -- Buffer overflow vulnerability (f2144530-936f-11e9-8fc4-5404a68ad561) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-1840.NASL description This update for vlc to version 3.0.7.1 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : 	 - CVE-2019-5439: Fixed a buffer overflow (bsc#1138354). - CVE-2019-5459: Fixed an integer underflow (bsc#1143549). - CVE-2019-5460: Fixed a double free (bsc#1143547). - CVE-2019-12874: Fixed a double free in zlib_decompress_extra in modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp (bsc#1138933). - CVE-2019-13602: Fixed an integer underflow in mp4 demuxer (boo#1141522). - CVE-2019-13962: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in avcodec (boo#1142161). Non-security issues fixed : - Video Output : - Fix hardware acceleration with some AMD drivers - Improve direct3d11 HDR support - Access : - Improve Blu-ray support - Audio output : - Fix pass-through on Android-23 - Fix DirectSound drain - Demux: Improve MP4 support - Video Output : - Fix 12 bits sources playback with Direct3D11 - Fix crash on iOS - Fix midstream aspect-ratio changes when Windows hardware decoding is on - Fix HLG display with Direct3D11 - Stream Output: Improve Chromecast support with new ChromeCast apps - Misc : - Update Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Soundcloud scripts - Work around busy looping when playing an invalid item with loop enabled - Updated translations. last seen 2020-05-09 modified 2019-08-12 plugin id 127743 published 2019-08-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/127743 title openSUSE Security Update : vlc (openSUSE-2019-1840) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201908-23.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201908-23 (VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Remote attackers, by enticing a user to execute a specially crafted media file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly execute arbitrary code. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 127972 published 2019-08-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/127972 title GLSA-201908-23 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Windows NASL id VLC_3_0_7.NASL description The version of VLC media player installed on the remote host is earlier than 3.0.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A heap-based buffer overflow condition exists in ReadFrame due to improper parsing of AVI files. A remote attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted avi file to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.(CVE-2019-5439) - A double free vulnerability exists in zlib_decompress_extra due to improper parsing of MKV files. A remote attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted MKV file to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.(CVE-2019-12874) - An Integer underflow in VLC Media Player versions < 3.0.7 leads to an out-of-band read..(CVE-2019-5459) - A double free vulnerability exists which lead to VLC application to crash. (CVE-2019-5460) last seen 2020-05-31 modified 2019-06-25 plugin id 126246 published 2019-06-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/126246 title VLC < 3.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
The Hacker News
id | THN:D4CF405E96E0712654FF2AD7347571B1 |
last seen | 2019-06-21 |
modified | 2019-06-21 |
published | 2019-06-21 |
reporter | The Hacker News |
source | https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/vlc-media-player-hacking.html |
title | Beware! Playing Untrusted Videos On VLC Player Could Hack Your Computer |
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/484398
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108769
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html