2007-6681 | VideoLAN VLC subtitle.c memory corruption (23839 / BID-27015)

By Max On Jul 30, 2021

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file modules/demux/subtitle.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 12/24/2007 by Luigi Auriemma as 23839 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-6681 since 01/16/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by j0rgan and been published 6 months after the advisory. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32045 (GLSA-200804-25 : VLC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115683 (VideoLAN VLC Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8511.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 27015), X-Force (39250), Secunia (SA29284), Vulnerability Center (SBV-17332) and Tenable (32045). The entries 40577, 40576, 40575 and 42112 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: j0rgan
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Nessus ID: 32045
Nessus Name: GLSA-200804-25 : VLC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
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OpenVAS ID: 60789
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1543-1 (vlc)
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07/30/2021 +1449 days 🔍Vendor: https://www.videolan.org/