CVE-2012-2396

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-04-20
Bugzilla:
818583: CVE-2012-2396 taglib: Division by zero while parsing properties of certain MP4 audio files

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted MP4 file.

Find out more about CVE-2012-2396 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the version of the taglib package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The taglib library is used in client applications only though. Red Hat Security Response Team does not consider a user-assisted crash of a client application such as k3b or Totem to be a security issue.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 taglib Will not fix

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