CVE-2012-0904
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
VLC media player 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in an amr file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1.11 - '.amr' Denial of Service (PoC)
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| videolan | vlc_media_player | 1.1.11 | |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0033.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18309
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51255
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72085
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14327
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0904
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.