VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.1.12 get_chunk_header resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.1.12. This impacts the function get_chunk_header. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-0023. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

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.

Applying the patch 7d282fac1cc455b5a5eca2bb56375efcbf879b06 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72052), Tenable (63137), SecurityFocus (BID 51231†), OSVDB (77975†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34365†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

Website

• Vendor: https://www.videolan.org/

CPE 2.3info

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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
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

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

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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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: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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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 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0023
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62786

OVAL: 🔍

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

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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Cache ID: 216::103

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