CVE-2024-46461Heap-based Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player

Severity
8.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 42.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 25
Latest updateJan 30

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.1 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 3.0.21-0+deb11u1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
CVE-2024-46461: VLC media player 32024-09-25
OSV
CVE-2024-46461: VLC media player 32024-09-25
GHSA
GHSA-3hwv-fr9j-3wjq: VLC media player 32024-09-25

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
VLC vulnerability2025-01-30
Debian
CVE-2024-46461: vlc - VLC media player 3.0.20 and earlier is vulnerable to denial of service through a...2024
CVE-2024-46461 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow | cvebase