National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2937

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-2087

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2087

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1004.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1004.html

External Source: BID

Name: 42386

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42386

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14676

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14676

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git;a=commit;h=24918843e57c7962e28fcb01845adce82bed6516

Hyperlink:http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git;a=commit;h=24918843e57c7962e28fcb01845adce82bed6516

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.0.git;a=commit;h=22a22e356c9d93993086810b2e25b59b55925b3a

Hyperlink:http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.0.git;a=commit;h=22a22e356c9d93993086810b2e25b59b55925b3a

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14676

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14676