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CVE-2012-5855 (GCVE-0-2012-5855)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-07-10 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:21
VLAI
Summary
The SHAddToRecentDocs function in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier might allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file name that triggers an incorrect string-length calculation when the file is added to VLC. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries or whether it can be exploited without user interaction.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=135274330022215&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2012-11-05 00:00
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