PT-2012-3527 · Videolan · Vlc Media Player

Florent Hochwelker + 1 · Published 2012-03-19 · Updated 2018-01-06 · CVE-2012-1776

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 VLC media player versions prior to 2.0.1

Description The issue is related to multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the handling of crafted Real RTSP streams. This can lead to a denial of service, causing the application to crash, or potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

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

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1776

Affected Products

Vlc Media Player

References · 10

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1776 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1776 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1776 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1776 · Vendor Advisory
• http://videolan.org/security/sa1202.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1776 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74118 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14817 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/80189 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/52550 · Note