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Vulnerability details: VCID-8mb9-wddn-aaak
Vulnerability ID VCID-8mb9-wddn-aaak
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 2.0
Weighted Severity 3.9
Risk 7.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
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cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5470
Reference id Reference type URL
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/24/3
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5470
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5470
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15540
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21889/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55850
692130 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692130
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-5470 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5470
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
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5470
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89555
EPSS Score 0.11915
Published At March 29, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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