CVE-2012-2396

medium

Published 2012-04-19 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted MP4 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.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18757 dos windows

Senator of Pirates · 2012-04-19

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.1 - '.mp4' Crash (PoC)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.7.2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.7.2-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.7.2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.7.2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.7.2-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
videolan	vlc_media_player	`2.0.1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.