CVE-2009-1045 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash VLC media player by sending a long input argument in an in_play action, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-1045?
CVE-2009-1045 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 23 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1045?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Videolan Vlc Media Player.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1045?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-1045 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-1045 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Videolan Vlc Media Player
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1045, GHSA-p5jq-cw39-ccgj.