CVE-2016-5108

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 24.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
VideoLAN VLC: through 2.2.3

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3598
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90924
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036009
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1601.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-39
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3598
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90924
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036009
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1601.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-39

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