CVE-2012-5855 — VLC Media Player vulnerability

CWE-1895 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 42.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The SHAddToRecentDocs function in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier might allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file name that triggers an incorrect string-length calculation when the file is added to VLC. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries or whether it can be exploited without user interaction.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-f677-mr7q-hh8x: The SHAddToRecentDocs function in VideoLAN VLC media player 2↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2012-5855: The SHAddToRecentDocs function in VideoLAN VLC media player 2↗2013-07-10
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OSV
CVE-2012-5855: The SHAddToRecentDocs function in VideoLAN VLC media player 2↗2013-07-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2012-5855: vlc - The SHAddToRecentDocs function in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier mi...↗2012
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CVE-2012-5855 — Videolan VLC Media Player vulnerability | cvebase