Out-of-Bounds Affecting videolan package, versions [,2.0.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
60.59% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIDEOLAN-2371252
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Oct 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-5470  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for videolan.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds 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.

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