CVE-2024-46461
HIGH8.0EPSS 0.35%vlc - security update
Published: 9/25/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
VLC media player 3.0.20 and earlier is vulnerable to denial of service through an integer overflow which could be triggered with a maliciously crafted mms stream (heap based overflow). If successful, a malicious third party could trigger either a crash of VLC or an arbitrary code execution with the target user's privileges.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/vlcfrom 0, < 3.0.21-0+deb11u1
- Debian/vlcfrom 0, < 3.0.21-0+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |