Products
VLC media player
- 3.0.20 and earlier
Source
cve@mitre.org
Tags
CVE-2024-46461 details
Published : Sept. 25, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified : Sept. 25, 2024, 4:35 p.m.
Last Modified : Sept. 25, 2024, 4:35 p.m.
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.
CVSS Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8.0 | 9 | 10 |
|---|
Weakness
| Weakness | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-122 | Heap-based Buffer Overflow | A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). |
CVSS Data
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
8.0
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
HIGH
Vector String : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
| URL | Source |
|---|---|
| https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3021.html | cve@mitre.org |
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