VLC Media Player 'libpng_plugin' Denial of Service Vulnerability - Mac OS X
🗓️ 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2012-5470 | 11 Oct 201200:00 | – | circl | |
| VideoLAN VLC Media Player PNG Code Execution (CVE-2012-5470) | 13 Jan 201300:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| VideoLAN VLC Media Player PNG Code Execution - Improved Performance (CVE-2012-5470) | 17 Mar 201300:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2012-5470 | 26 Oct 201210:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2012-5470 | 26 Oct 201210:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2012-5470 | 26 Oct 201210:00 | – | debiancve | |
| VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.3 - '.png' ReadAV Crash (PoC) | 11 Oct 201200:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| GLSA-201411-01 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities | 6 Nov 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| VLC < 2.0.4 DoS | 24 Jul 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities | 5 Nov 201400:00 | – | gentoo |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/55850 |
| videolan | www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/2.0.4.html |
| exploit-db | www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21889/ |
| openwall | www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/24/3 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802489");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5470");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-11-02 14:31:32 +0530 (Fri, 02 Nov 2012)");
script_name("VLC Media Player 'libpng_plugin' Denial of Service Vulnerability - Mac OS X");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21889/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55850");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/2.0.4.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/24/3");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_vlc_media_player_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLC/Media/Player/MacOSX/Version");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to crash the affected
application and denying service to legitimate users.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version 2.0.3 and prior on Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error in 'libpng_plugin' when handling a crafted PNG
file. Which can be exploited to cause a crash.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VLC media player 2.0.4 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VLC Media Player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
vlcVer = get_kb_item("VLC/Media/Player/MacOSX/Version");
if(!vlcVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less(version:vlcVer, test_version:"2.0.4")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, fixed_version:"2.0.4");
security_message(port:0, data:report);
}
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15 Feb 2024 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.05848