CVE-2012-5855 Information

Description

The SHAddToRecentDocs function in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier might allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file name that triggers an incorrect string-length calculation when the file is added to VLC. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries or whether it can be exploited without user interaction.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=135274330022215&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524626 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A16781