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Vulnerability details: VCID-dvtd-vjms-g3fr
Vulnerability ID VCID-dvtd-vjms-g3fr
Aliases CVE-2012-5470
Summary libpng_plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG file.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.16977 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5470
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5470
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5470
692130 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692130
CVE-2012-5470;OSVDB-86685 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/21889.pl
GLSA-201411-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201411-01
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Oct. 11, 2012
Description VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.3 - '.png' ReadAV Crash (PoC)
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Oct. 11, 2012
Exploit type dos
Platform windows
Source update date Oct. 11, 2012
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.95083
EPSS Score 0.16977
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T13:41:34.150727+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0