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CVE-2012-1776

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-03-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Real RTSP 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://osvdb.org/80189
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52550
• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1202.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74118
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14817
• http://osvdb.org/80189
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52550
• http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1202.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74118
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14817

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