CVE-2021-25804

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Videolan
Status
Vlc Media Player
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 July 2021

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

A NULL-pointer dereference in "Open" in avi.c of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 can a denial of service (DOS) in the application.

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

VLC_CVE-2021-25804_Analysis
Created by DShankle

References

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-3.0/-/commit/a7f57...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

.