CVE-2016-3941

Published: Apr 18, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted wav file, related to "seek across EOF."

Affected (2)

Products: Videolan: Vlc Media Player · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Videolan Vlc Media Player	Up to 2.1.6

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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.

References (8)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

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