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CVE-2012-2396

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2396 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC media player version 2.0.1, where a specially crafted MP4 file can trigger a divide-by-zero error, leading to an application crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, as it can be exploited remotely without authentication. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18757 · Apr 19, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0729 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-2396

taglib: Division by zero while parsing properties of certain MP4 audio files

Apr 20, 2012

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75038
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15615
exploit-db.com / exploits/18757
Exploit