CVE-2021-25801 — Out-of-bounds Read in VLC Media Player

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.6%
top 14.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedJul 26
Latest updateJun 20

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the __Parse_indx component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 allows attackers to cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted .avi file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 3.0.12-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-vwcj-ffx4-g5rx: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the __Parse_indx component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-25801: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the __Parse_indx component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3↗2021-07-26
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OSV
CVE-2021-25801: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the __Parse_indx component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3↗2021-07-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
VLC media player vulnerabilities↗2023-06-20
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Debian
CVE-2021-25801: vlc - A buffer overflow vulnerability in the __Parse_indx component of VideoLAN VLC Me...↗2021
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