CVE-2016-3941
N/A
Published: April 18, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxVLC media player
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v ≤ 2.1.6
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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