CVE-2016-3941

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

1%p68

Published

Apr 18, 2016 (Apr 18, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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."

Vendors: videolan canonical
Products: vlc media player, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.3%)

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