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10.0	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.1.12 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is the function get_chunk_header. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Double free vulnerability in the get_chunk_header function in modules/demux/ty.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TiVo (TY) file.

The weakness was released 10/30/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at videolan.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0023. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/19/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63137 (VLC get_chunk_header Function TiVo File Remote Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72052) and Tenable (63137).

Productinfo

Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

• VideoLAN

Name

• VLC Media Player

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.12

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 10.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 10.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 63137
Nessus Name: VLC get_chunk_header Function TiVo File Remote Code Execution
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 802487
OpenVAS Name: VLC Media Player TiVo Demuxer Double Free Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: 7d282fac1cc455b5a5eca2bb56375efcbf879b06

Timelineinfo

12/07/2011 🔍
01/02/2012 +26 days 🔍
01/31/2012 +29 days 🔍
10/30/2012 +273 days 🔍
10/30/2012 +0 days 🔍
12/03/2012 +34 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +841 days 🔍
12/19/2021 +2462 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: videolan.org

Advisory: videolan.org
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-0023 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 72052
Vulnerability Center: 34365 - VLC Media Player 0.9.0-1.1.12 TiVo Demuxer Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Code Execution / DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 51231
Secunia: 47325
OSVDB: 77975

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/19/2021 15:35
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (39), 05/06/2019 07:14 (20), 12/19/2021 15:23 (6), 12/19/2021 15:30 (7), 12/19/2021 15:35 (1)
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