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
82.2%
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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802921");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2396");
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:"2012-07-25 13:33:36 +0530 (Wed, 25 Jul 2012)");
script_name("VLC Media Player 'MP4' Denial of Service Vulnerability - Mac OS X");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/49159");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53169");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53535");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/75038");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18757");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111991/VLC-2.0.1-Division-By-Zero.html");
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 could allow attackers to crash the affected
application, denying service to legitimate users.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VLC media player version 2.0.1 on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A division by zero error exists when handling MP4 files, which
can be exploited to cause a crash.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.7.2 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_equal(version:vlcVer, test_version:"2.0.1")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vlcVer, vulnerable_range:"Equal to 2.0.1");
security_message(port:0, data:report);
}