CVE-2016-3941

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    CVE-2016-3941

    Published: 18 Apr 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted wav file, related to "seek across EOF."

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633, https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.html

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -ddba52206f69bb123bea8ed4d4ada07b3cb1223c

    Affected versions

    2.1.0-git

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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