Description
VLC media player 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in an amr file.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1.11 - '.amr' Denial of Service (PoC) EDB-18309 · dos · Jan 4, 2012 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- vlcmediaplayer-amr-dos(72085) vdb-entry
- 20120104 VLC media player v1.1.11 (.amr) Local Crash PoC mailing-list
- 18309 exploit
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14327 vdb-entry signature
- 51255 vdb-entry