| Name | CVE-2016-3941 |
| 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." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.0.21-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.0.21-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vlc | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 2.2.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - vlc <end-of-life> (Unsupported in -lts)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1533633
It is unclear when this was fixed exactly, marking the version in jessie as fixed for now