CVE-2013-3245

** DISPUTED ** plugins/demux/libmkv_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MKV file, possibly involving an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read or heap-based buffer overflow, or an uncaught exception. NOTE: the vendor disputes the severity and claimed vulnerability type of this issue, stating "This PoC crashes VLC, indeed, but does nothing more... this is not an integer overflow error, but an uncaught exception and I doubt that it is exploitable. This uncaught exception makes VLC abort, not execute random code, on my Linux 64bits machine." A PoC posted by the original researcher shows signs of an attacker-controlled out-of-bounds read, but the affected instruction does not involve a register that directly influences control flow.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/71	Exploit
http://secunia.com/blog/372/	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61032
http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/post/2013/More-lies-from-Secunia
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/77
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/79
http://secunia.com/advisories/52956	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2013-07-10 12:55

Updated : 2013-07-10 21:00

NVD link : CVE-2013-3245

Mitre link : CVE-2013-3245

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Products Affected

videolan

vlc_media_player

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