CVE-2012-0023
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD
Double free vulnerability in the get_chunk_header function in modules/demux/ty.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TiVo (TY) file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0063)
- Published
- October 30, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0063 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7d282fac1cc455b5a5eca2bb56375efcbf879b06
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47325(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1026449
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/9
- http://www.osvdb.org/77975
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51231
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1108.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71916
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15893
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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