CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-5855
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-07-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
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.
Affected configurations
• videolan vlc media player (<= 2.0.4)
• videolan vlc media player 2.0.0
• videolan vlc media player 2.0.1
• videolan vlc media player 2.0.2
• videolan vlc media player 2.0.3
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=135274330022215&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524626 Exploit
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16781 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=135274330022215&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524626 Exploit
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16781 oval.cisecurity.org