CVE-2023-47359

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Published Nov 7, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an incorrect offset read that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function GetPacket() and results in a memory corruption.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3679-1	vlc security update
EUVD	EUVD-2023-51476	Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an incorrect offset read that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function GetPacket() and results in a memory corruption.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6783-1	VLC vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.348% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://0xariana.github.io/blog/real_bugs/vlc/mms
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00034.html

History

May 28, 2026 6:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Videolan Vlc Media Player

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 28, 2026, 6:09 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 7, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: May 28, 2026, 6:09 PM
Reserved: Nov 6, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 9:09 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 9:09 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:32 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 7, 2023, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:32 AM

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