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Vulnerability details: VCID-8q82-evfa-s7fm
Vulnerability ID VCID-8q82-evfa-s7fm
Aliases CVE-2012-2396
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which could lead to user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added April 19, 2012
Description VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.1 - '.mp4' Crash (PoC)
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date April 19, 2012
Exploit type dos
Platform windows
Source update date Nov. 23, 2016
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.85211
EPSS Score 0.02464
Published At April 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:49.230386+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201411-01 38.0.0