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CVE-2012-5855

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
10/07/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.0.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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