Denial of Service Vulnerability in VLC Media Player by VideoLAN
CVE-2024-46461

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

VideoLAN
Status
VLC Media Player
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 September 2024

What is CVE-2024-46461?

VLC Media Player versions 3.0.20 and earlier are susceptible to a denial of service attack stemming from an integer overflow vulnerability. This flaw can be exploited through a maliciously crafted MMS stream, potentially leading to a heap-based overflow. If successfully executed, an attacker could crash the application or achieve arbitrary code execution under the privileges of the user running VLC, posing significant risks to user systems.

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References

https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3021.html

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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