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.
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://hackerone.com/reports/484398 | third party advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108769 | vdb entry |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/ | vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html | vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html | vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html | vendor advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23 | vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html | vendor advisory |