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critical 9.8

CVE-2016-5108 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the DecodeAdpcmImaQT function in modules/codec/adpcm.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers…

published 2016-06-08 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6059

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
24.7%
EPSS 24.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the DecodeAdpcmImaQT function in modules/codec/adpcm.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime IMA file.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.3-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5108

  • vlc Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.3
  • vlc Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5108

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vlc openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.4-11.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10064-1

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-41025)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

24.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41025 VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.2.1 - 'DecodeAdpcmImaQT' Buffer Overflow dos, 2016-05-27

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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