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CVE-2012-1775

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 44.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-03-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MMS:// stream.

Affected products

• VideoLAN VLC: through 2.0.0; 0.1.99a, 0.1.99b, 0.1.99c, 0.1.99d, 0.1.99e, 0.1.99f (+100)

References

• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11a95cce96fffdbaba1be6034d7b42721667821c
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18825
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52550
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53391
• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1201.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14820
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11a95cce96fffdbaba1be6034d7b42721667821c
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18825
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52550
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53391
• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1201.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14820

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