CVE-2012-5470

Vlc Media Player vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

5.8%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

libpng_plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG file.

Affected vendor

Videolan

Affected product

Vlc Media Player

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds

Published

2012-10-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-5470

Confirm whether Videolan Vlc Media Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-5470.
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