Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-13428 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.11 for macOS/iOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 Annex-B video (.avi for example) file.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 | |
| OS | 2 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc-3.0/releases/tag/3.0.11
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commits/master/modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal.c
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4704
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3011.html
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d5c43c21c747ff30ed19fcca745dea3481c733e0