CVE-2012-3377
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ogg_DecodePacket function in the OGG demuxer (modules/demux/ogg.c) in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted OGG file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3377
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/49835
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.0.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.0.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.0.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.0.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.0.2-1 |
Application impact
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.0.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=16e9e126333fb7acb47d363366fee3deadc8331e
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49835
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/06/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54345
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027224
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15299
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3377
CWEs
CWE-119
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.