CVE-2020-26664
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.30%vlc - security update
Published: 1/8/2021Modified: 3/9/2026
Also known as:DSA-4834-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26664DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25801DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25802DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25803DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25804
Description
A vulnerability in EbmlTypeDispatcher::send in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.11 allows attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/vlcfrom 0, < 3.0.12-1
- Debian/vlcfrom 0, < 3.0.12-0+deb9u1
- Debian/vlcfrom 0, < 3.0.12-0+deb10u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |