Integer underflow in VLC Media Player - CVE-2023-47360
Published: December 4, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83640
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47360
CWE-ID: CWE-191
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow when handling MMS packets. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer underflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
VLC Media Player
Ubuntu
vlc (Ubuntu package)
vlc-plugin-base (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
vlc (Ubuntu package)
vlc-plugin-base (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2023-47360
Install updates from vendor's website.
VLC Media Player - update to 3.0.20
vlc (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
vlc-plugin-base (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
vlc (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
vlc-plugin-base (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1