CVE-2012-3377: videolan vlc_media_player

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3377 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in videolan vlc_media_player. EPSS estimates a 3.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-07-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ogg_DecodePacket function in the OGG demuxer (modules/demux/ogg.c) in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted OGG file.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.