VLC Media Player Read Access Violation Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	55850
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2012-5470
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 10 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 10 2014 12:58AM
Credit:	Jean Pascal Pereira
Vulnerable:	Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

VLC Media Player Read Access Violation Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

VLC Media Player is prone to an arbitrary code-execution vulnerability.



Successful exploits may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the user running the affected application.



VLC Media Player 2.0.3 and prior are vulnerable.

VLC Media Player Read Access Violation Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

The following proof-of-concept is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/55850.pl.txt

VLC Media Player Read Access Violation Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

VLC Media Player Read Access Violation Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

References:

• VLC Homepage (VideoLAN)