CVE-2010-2937

The ReadMetaFromId3v2 function in taglib.cpp in the TagLib plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 1.1.2 does not properly process ID3v2 tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted media file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2010-08-20

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Vlc Media Player (Videolan)

References

• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22a22e356c9d93993086810b2e25b59b55925b3a
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=24918843e57c7962e28fcb01845adce82bed6516
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42386
• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1004.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2087
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14676