PT-2012-3526 · Videolan · Vlc Media Player

Florent Hochwelker + 1 · Published 2012-03-19 · Updated 2017-12-14 · CVE-2012-1775

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VideoLAN VLC media player versions prior to 2.0.1

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow that can be triggered by a crafted MMS:// stream, potentially allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1775

Affected Products

Vlc Media Player

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/vlc_mms_bof.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/18825 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/18825 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1775 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1775 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1775 · Vendor Advisory
• http://videolan.org/security/sa1201.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1775 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53391 · Note
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11a95cce96fffdbaba1be6034d7b42721667821c · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14820 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1775 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/52550 · Note