CVE-2009-2484: videolan vlc_media_player

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-2484 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in videolan vlc_media_player. EPSS estimates a 35.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 16-07-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9, when running on Microsoft Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long smb URI in a playlist file.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe 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.