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CVE-2012-2396 json

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a cra…

published 2012-04-19 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2383

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.2%
EPSS 7.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted MP4 file.

Patch / fix

  • taglib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.7.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2396

  • taglib openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.11-1.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10087-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-2396 updated cvss 4.3

taglib: Division by zero while parsing properties of certain MP4 audio files

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 taglib
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-18757)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-18757 VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.1 - '.mp4' Crash (PoC) dos, 2012-04-19

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.