Denial of Service Vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC Media Player

CVE-2012-5855 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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