CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
98.2%
VLC Media Player is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802488");
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 - Windows");
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("secpod_vlc_media_player_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VLCPlayer/Win/Installed");
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 Windows");
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:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE )) exit(0);
vers = infos['version'];
path = infos['location'];
if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"2.0.4" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.0.4", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );