CVE-2012-5855

Name	CVE-2012-5855
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vlc (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	3.0.21-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	3.0.21-0+deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	3.0.21-10	fixed
	forky, sid	3.0.22~rc1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vlc	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- vlc <not-affected> (Windows only issue)
Harmless crasher without security relevance