Buffer overflow in Videolan Vlc Media Player
CVE-2012-5470
libpng_plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.058 (92.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Videolan Vlc Media Player — versions 2.0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21889/ (Exploit, exploit)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/24/3 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55850 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15540 (signature, vdb-entry)