CVE-2024-46461 — Heap-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