CVE-2012-5470

published 2012-10-26

CVE-2012-5470: libpng_plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG file.

Priority P4 19 medium 4.3 CVSS 2.0

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

EXPLOIT

libpng_plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG file.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vlc	< vlc 2.0.4-1 (bookworm)	vlc 2.0.4-1 (bookworm)
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.0.4-1	2.0.4-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.0.4-1	2.0.4-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.0.4-1	2.0.4-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.0.4-1	2.0.4-1

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 MEDIUM

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