CVE-2024-46461

Published Sep 25, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7243-1 VLC vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00301}

epss

{'score': 0.00253}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Videolan
Videolan vlc Media Player
Weaknesses CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Videolan
Videolan vlc Media Player
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 25, 2024, 3:39 PM
Reserved
Sep 11, 2024, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 25, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:55 AM