VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 2.0.1 MP4 File divide by zero

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 2.0.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component MP4 File Handler. The manipulation leads to divide by zero. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-2396. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 2.0.1 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component MP4 File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a divide by zero vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-369. The product divides a value by zero. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 04/19/2012 by Senator of Pirates (Exploit-DB). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The public release happened without involvement of VideoLAN. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2396 since 04/19/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Senator of Pirates (Senator of Pirates) in Perl and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74625 (openSUSE Security Update : taglib (openSUSE-SU-2012:0615-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

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 (75038), Exploit-DB (18757), Tenable (74625), SecurityFocus (BID 53535†) and OSVDB (81224†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Divide by zero
CWE: CWE-369 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Senator of Pirates (Senator of Pirates)
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Nessus ID: 74625
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : taglib (openSUSE-SU-2012:0615-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 802921
OpenVAS Name: VLC Media Player MP4 Denial of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: videolan.org

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Researcher: Senator of Pirates
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-2396 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2396
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5261

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X-Force: 75038
SecurityFocus: 53535 - taglib Divide-By-Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 49159 - TagLib MP4 File Parsing Division By Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 81224
Vulnerability Center: 35077 - VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.1 Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Crafted MP4 File, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 04/20/2012 17:28
Updated: 08/04/2025 11:13
Changes: 04/20/2012 17:28 (81), 04/11/2017 22:15 (8), 03/23/2021 16:14 (3), 08/04/2025 11:13 (14)
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Cache ID: 216:FDA:103

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