UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5855
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5855, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/12, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5855
Affected packages
Package
Name: vlc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vlc?arch=src?distro=trusty/esm
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
2.0.8-1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
