CVE-2012-1775
highpriority · attend · 62EPSS 0.441 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
2 exploits · functional
Likely / severe?
44.1% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 9.3 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MMS:// stream.
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cvss
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9.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (2)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-18825VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.0 - Mms Stream Handling Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- exploit/windows/browser/vlc_mms_bofVLC MMS Stream Handling Buffer Overflowfunctional · metasploit
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affected products (103)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1201.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/Patchcnnvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11a95cce96fffdbaba1be6034d7b42721667821cenisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18825enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52550enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53391enisa_euvd
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1201.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14820enisa_euvd
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