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CVE-2012-5855

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

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.

Affected products

• VideoLAN VLC: through 2.0.4; 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3

References

• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=135274330022215&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524626
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16781
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=135274330022215&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524626
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16781

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