CVE-2012-2396

published 2012-04-19

CVE-2012-2396: VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted MP4 file.

Priority P4 18 medium 4.3 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C N I N A P

EXPLOIT

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted MP4 file.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	taglib	< taglib 1.7.2-1 (bookworm)	taglib 1.7.2-1 (bookworm)
debian	vlc	< taglib 1.7.2-1 (bookworm)	taglib 1.7.2-1 (bookworm)
taglib	taglib	>= 0 < 1.7.2-1	1.7.2-1
taglib	taglib	>= 0 < 1.7.2-1	1.7.2-1
taglib	taglib	>= 0 < 1.7.2-1	1.7.2-1
taglib	taglib	>= 0 < 1.7.2-1	1.7.2-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv 4.3 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 4.3 LOW

vendor_redhat 4.3 MEDIUM

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