CVE-2012-0023

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2012-0023 · Published 30/10/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-0023 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting vlc media player (videolan).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.9%, higher than 92.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vlc media player videolan	`= 0.9.0= 0.9.1= 0.9.10= 0.9.2= 0.9.3= 0.9.4= 0.9.5= 0.9.6= 0.9.8a= 0.9.9= 0.9.9a= 1.0.0= 1.0.1= 1.0.2= 1.0.3= 1.0.4= 1.0.5= 1.0.6= 1.1.0= 1.1.1= 1.1.10= 1.1.10.1= 1.1.11= 1.1.12= 1.1.2= 1.1.3= 1.1.4= 1.1.4.1= 1.1.5= 1.1.6= 1.1.6.1= 1.1.7= 1.1.8= 1.1.9`	No fix yet

Description

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.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

vlc media player

videolan

= 0.9.0= 0.9.1= 0.9.10= 0.9.2= 0.9.3= 0.9.4= 0.9.5= 0.9.6= 0.9.8a= 0.9.9= 0.9.9a= 1.0.0= 1.0.1= 1.0.2= 1.0.3= 1.0.4= 1.0.5= 1.0.6= 1.1.0= 1.1.1= 1.1.10= 1.1.10.1= 1.1.11= 1.1.12= 1.1.2= 1.1.3= 1.1.4= 1.1.4.1= 1.1.5= 1.1.6= 1.1.6.1= 1.1.7= 1.1.8= 1.1.9

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