# CVE-2012-5855: Integer overflow in n/a

> User-assisted attackers can crash VLC media player by providing a crafted file name that triggers an integer overflow during recent document addition.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f677-mr7q-hh8x

## What is CVE-2012-5855?

CVE-2012-5855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 10 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-189

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5855?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Videolan Vlc Media Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-5855?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5855 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-5855 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5855 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Videolan Vlc Media Player

- [CVE-2008-0296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0296/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-47359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47359/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-12874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12874/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-10699](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10699/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-1868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1868/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-5855 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-5855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, published on 10 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5855 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Videolan Vlc Media Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5855/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5855/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5855
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5855
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5855

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