CVE-2020-26664 — Out-of-bounds Write in VLC Media Player

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 47.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Videolan VLC Media PlayerDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJan 8
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 3.0.12-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fv8f-3437-pw9x: A vulnerability in EbmlTypeDispatcher::send in VideoLAN VLC media player 3↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-26664: A vulnerability in EbmlTypeDispatcher::send in VideoLAN VLC media player 3↗2021-01-08
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OSV
CVE-2020-26664: A vulnerability in EbmlTypeDispatcher::send in VideoLAN VLC media player 3↗2021-01-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2020-26664: vlc - A vulnerability in EbmlTypeDispatcher::send in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.11 ...↗2020
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