videolan CVE Vulnerabilities & Metrics

Focus on videolan vulnerabilities and metrics.

Last updated: 08 Mar 2025, 23:25 UTC

About videolan Security Exposure

This page consolidates all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with videolan. We track both calendar-based metrics (using fixed periods) and rolling metrics (using gliding windows) to give you a comprehensive view of security trends and risk evolution. Use these insights to assess risk and plan your patching strategy.

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Global CVE Overview

Total videolan CVEs: 59
Earliest CVE date: 03 Jan 2007, 02:28 UTC
Latest CVE date: 19 Feb 2024, 11:15 UTC

Latest CVE reference: CVE-2024-1580

Rolling Stats

30-day Count (Rolling): 0
365-day Count (Rolling): 0

Calendar-based Variation

Calendar-based Variation compares a fixed calendar period (e.g., this month versus the same month last year), while Rolling Growth Rate uses a continuous window (e.g., last 30 days versus the previous 30 days) to capture trends independent of calendar boundaries.

Variations & Growth

Month Variation (Calendar): 0%
Year Variation (Calendar): -100.0%

Month Growth Rate (30-day Rolling): 0.0%
Year Growth Rate (365-day Rolling): -100.0%

Monthly CVE Trends (current vs previous Year)

Annual CVE Trends (Last 20 Years)

Critical videolan CVEs (CVSS ≥ 9) Over 20 Years

CVSS Stats

Average CVSS: 6.5

Max CVSS: 10.0

Critical CVEs (≥9): 23

CVSS Range vs. Count

Range Count
0.0-3.9 7
4.0-6.9 77
7.0-8.9 18
9.0-10.0 23

CVSS Distribution Chart

Top 5 Highest CVSS videolan CVEs

These are the five CVEs with the highest CVSS scores for videolan, sorted by severity first and recency.

All CVEs for videolan

CVE-2024-1580 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 0 19 Feb 2024, 11:15 UTC

An integer overflow in dav1d AV1 decoder that can occur when decoding videos with large frame size. This can lead to memory corruption within the AV1 decoder. We recommend upgrading past version 1.4.0 of dav1d.

CVE-2023-46814 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 0 22 Nov 2023, 05:15 UTC

A binary hijacking vulnerability exists within the VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.19 on Windows. The uninstaller attempts to execute code with elevated privileges out of a standard user writable location. Standard users may use this to gain arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM.

CVE-2023-47360 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 0 07 Nov 2023, 16:15 UTC

Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an Integer underflow that leads to an incorrect packet length.

CVE-2023-47359 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 0 07 Nov 2023, 16:15 UTC

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.

CVE-2023-32570 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 0 10 May 2023, 05:15 UTC

VideoLAN dav1d before 1.2.0 has a thread_task.c race condition that can lead to an application crash, related to dav1d_decode_frame_exit.

CVE-2022-41325 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 0 06 Dec 2022, 16:15 UTC

An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by tricking a user into opening a crafted playlist or connecting to a rogue VNC server, to crash VLC or execute code under some conditions.

CVE-2021-25804 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 26 Jul 2021, 17:15 UTC

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.

CVE-2021-25803 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.8 26 Jul 2021, 17:15 UTC

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the vlc_input_attachment_New component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 allows attackers to cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted .avi file.

CVE-2021-25802 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.8 26 Jul 2021, 17:15 UTC

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the AVI_ExtractSubtitle component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 allows attackers to cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted .avi file.

CVE-2021-25801 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.8 26 Jul 2021, 17:15 UTC

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the __Parse_indx component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 allows attackers to cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted .avi file.

CVE-2020-26664 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 08 Jan 2021, 18:15 UTC

A vulnerability in EbmlTypeDispatcher::send in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.11 allows attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file.

CVE-2020-13428 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 08 Jun 2020, 19:15 UTC

A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.11 for macOS/iOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 Annex-B video (.avi for example) file.

CVE-2019-19721 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 15 May 2020, 18:15 UTC

An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image file. NOTE: this may be related to the SDL_Image product.

CVE-2013-3564 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 06 Feb 2020, 22:15 UTC

The web interface in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.7 has no access control which allows remote attackers to view directory listings via the 'dir' command or issue other commands without authenticating.

CVE-2013-3565 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 31 Jan 2020, 22:15 UTC

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the HTTP Interface in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.0.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) command parameter to requests/vlm_cmd.xml, (2) dir parameter to requests/browse.xml, or (3) URI in a request, which is returned in an error message through share/lua/intf/http.lua.

CVE-2014-9630 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 24 Jan 2020, 22:15 UTC

The rtp_packetize_xiph_config function in modules/stream_out/rtpfmt.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 uses a stack-allocation approach with a size determined by arbitrary input data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value.

CVE-2014-9629 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 24 Jan 2020, 22:15 UTC

Integer overflow in the Encode function in modules/codec/schroedinger.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value.

CVE-2014-9628 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 24 Jan 2020, 22:15 UTC

The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to trigger an unintended zero-size malloc and conduct buffer overflow attacks, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a box size of 7.

CVE-2014-9627 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 24 Jan 2020, 22:15 UTC

The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 performs an incorrect cast operation from a 64-bit integer to a 32-bit integer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large box size.

CVE-2014-9626 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 24 Jan 2020, 22:15 UTC

Integer underflow in the MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a box size less than 7.

CVE-2014-9625 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 24 Jan 2020, 22:15 UTC

The GetUpdateFile function in misc/update.c in the Updater in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 performs an incorrect cast operation from a 64-bit integer to a 32-bit integer, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted update status file, aka an "integer truncation" vulnerability.

CVE-2015-7810 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 3.3 22 Nov 2019, 15:15 UTC

libbluray MountManager class has a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race when expanding JAR files

CVE-2019-18278 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.6 23 Oct 2019, 14:15 UTC

When executing VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.8 with libqt on Windows, Data from a Faulting Address controls Code Flow starting at libqt_plugin!vlc_entry_license__3_0_0f+0x00000000003b9aba. NOTE: the VideoLAN security team indicates that they have not been contacted, and have no way of reproducing this issue.

CVE-2019-14970 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 Aug 2019, 19:15 UTC

A vulnerability in mkv::event_thread_t in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file.

CVE-2019-14778 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 Aug 2019, 19:15 UTC

The mkv::virtual_segment_c::seek method of demux/mkv/virtual_segment.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free.

CVE-2019-14777 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 Aug 2019, 19:15 UTC

The Control function of demux/mkv/mkv.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free.

CVE-2019-14776 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 Aug 2019, 19:15 UTC

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in DemuxInit() in demux/asf/asf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 via a crafted .mkv file.

CVE-2019-14534 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 29 Aug 2019, 19:15 UTC

In VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function SeekPercent of demux/asf/asf.c that will lead to a denial of service attack.

CVE-2019-14533 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 Aug 2019, 19:15 UTC

The Control function of demux/asf/asf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free.

CVE-2019-14535 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 Aug 2019, 18:15 UTC

A divide-by-zero error exists in the SeekIndex function of demux/asf/asf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1. As a result, an FPE can be triggered via a crafted WMV file.

CVE-2019-14498 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 Aug 2019, 18:15 UTC

A divide-by-zero error exists in the Control function of demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1. As a result, an FPE can be triggered via a crafted CAF file.

CVE-2019-14438 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 Aug 2019, 18:15 UTC

A heap-based buffer over-read in xiph_PackHeaders() in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted .ogg file.

CVE-2019-14437 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 Aug 2019, 18:15 UTC

The xiph_SplitHeaders function in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 does not check array bounds properly. As a result, a heap-based buffer over-read can be triggered via a crafted .ogg file.

CVE-2019-5460 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 30 Jul 2019, 21:15 UTC

Double Free in VLC versions <= 3.0.6 leads to a crash.

CVE-2019-5459 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.8 30 Jul 2019, 21:15 UTC

An Integer underflow in VLC Media Player versions < 3.0.7 leads to an out-of-band read.

CVE-2019-13962 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 18 Jul 2019, 20:15 UTC

lavc_CopyPicture in modules/codec/avcodec/video.c in VideoLAN VLC media player through 3.0.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read because it does not properly validate the width and height.

CVE-2019-13615 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 16 Jul 2019, 17:15 UTC

libebml before 1.3.6, as used in the MKV module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player binaries before 3.0.3, has a heap-based buffer over-read in EbmlElement::FindNextElement.

CVE-2019-13602 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 14 Jul 2019, 21:15 UTC

An Integer Underflow in MP4_EIA608_Convert() in modules/demux/mp4/mp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player through 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .mp4 file.

CVE-2019-12874 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 18 Jun 2019, 18:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in zlib_decompress_extra in modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.x through 3.0.7. The Matroska demuxer, while parsing a malformed MKV file type, has a double free.

CVE-2019-5439 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 13 Jun 2019, 16:29 UTC

A Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player < 3.0.7 causes a crash which can possibly be further developed into a remote code execution exploit.

CVE-2018-19937 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.6 31 Dec 2018, 16:29 UTC

A local, authenticated attacker can bypass the passcode in the VideoLAN VLC media player app before 3.1.5 for iOS by opening a URL and turning the phone.

CVE-2018-19857 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.4 05 Dec 2018, 11:29 UTC

The CAF demuxer in modules/demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.4 may read memory from an uninitialized pointer when processing magic cookies in CAF files, because a ReadKukiChunk() cast converts a return value to an unsigned int even if that value is negative. This could result in a denial of service and/or a potential infoleak.

CVE-2018-11529 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 11 Jul 2018, 16:29 UTC

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.x is prone to a use after free vulnerability which an attacker can leverage to execute arbitrary code via crafted MKV files. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions.

CVE-2018-11516 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 28 May 2018, 16:29 UTC

The vlc_demux_chained_Delete function in input/demux_chained.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .swf file.

CVE-2017-17670 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 15 Dec 2017, 09:29 UTC

In VideoLAN VLC media player through 2.2.8, there is a type conversion vulnerability in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in the MP4 demux module leading to a invalid free, because the type of a box may be changed between a read operation and a free operation.

CVE-2017-10699 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 30 Jun 2017, 13:29 UTC

avcodec 2.2.x, as used in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.7-x before 2017-06-29, allows out-of-bounds heap memory write due to calling memcpy() with a wrong size, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly code execution.

CVE-2017-9301 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 May 2017, 19:29 UTC

plugins\audio_filter\libmpgatofixed32_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

CVE-2017-9300 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 29 May 2017, 19:29 UTC

plugins\codec\libflac_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted FLAC file.

CVE-2017-8313 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 23 May 2017, 21:29 UTC

Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to missing check of string termination allows attackers to read data beyond allocated memory and potentially crash the process via a crafted subtitles file.

CVE-2017-8312 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 23 May 2017, 21:29 UTC

Heap out-of-bound read in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC due to missing check of string length allows attackers to read heap uninitialized data via a crafted subtitles file.

CVE-2017-8311 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 23 May 2017, 21:29 UTC

Potential heap based buffer overflow in ParseJSS in VideoLAN VLC before 2.2.5 due to skipping NULL terminator in an input string allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subtitles file.

CVE-2017-8310 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 23 May 2017, 21:29 UTC

Heap out-of-bound read in CreateHtmlSubtitle in VideoLAN VLC 2.2.x due to missing check of string termination allows attackers to read data beyond allocated memory and potentially crash the process (causing a denial of service) via a crafted subtitles file.

CVE-2014-6440 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 28 Mar 2017, 15:59 UTC

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

CVE-2016-5108 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 08 Jun 2016, 15:00 UTC

Buffer overflow in the DecodeAdpcmImaQT function in modules/codec/adpcm.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime IMA file.

CVE-2016-3941 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 18 Apr 2016, 15:59 UTC

Buffer overflow in the AStreamPeekStream function in input/stream.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted wav file, related to "seek across EOF."

CVE-2015-5949 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 25 Aug 2015, 17:59 UTC

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted 3GP file, which triggers the freeing of arbitrary pointers.

CVE-2014-9743 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 17 Aug 2015, 15:59 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the httpd_HtmlError function in network/httpd.c in the web interface in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the path info.

CVE-2014-9598 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 21 Jan 2015, 15:17 UTC

The picture_Release function in misc/picture.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (write access violation) via a crafted M2V file.

CVE-2014-9597 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 21 Jan 2015, 15:17 UTC

The picture_pool_Delete function in misc/picture_pool.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DEP violation and application crash) via a crafted FLV file.

CVE-2011-3623 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 26 Dec 2014, 20:59 UTC

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted ASF file, related to the ASF_ObjectDumpDebug function in modules/demux/asf/libasf.c; (2) a crafted AVI file, related to the AVI_ChunkDumpDebug_level function in modules/demux/avi/libavi.c; or (3) a crafted MP4 file, related to the __MP4_BoxDumpStructure function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c.

CVE-2010-2062 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 26 Dec 2014, 20:59 UTC

Integer underflow in the real_get_rdt_chunk function in real.c, as used in modules/access/rtsp/real.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.1 and stream/realrtsp/real.c in MPlayer before r29447, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value in an RDT chunk header.

CVE-2010-1445 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 26 Dec 2014, 20:59 UTC

Heap-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted byte stream in an RTMP session.

CVE-2010-1444 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 26 Dec 2014, 20:59 UTC

The ZIP archive decompressor in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive.

CVE-2010-1443 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 26 Dec 2014, 20:59 UTC

The parse_track_node function in modules/demux/playlist/xspf.c in the XSPF playlist parser in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty location element in an XML Shareable Playlist Format (XSPF) document.

CVE-2010-1442 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 26 Dec 2014, 20:59 UTC

VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted byte stream to the (1) AVI, (2) ASF, or (3) Matroska (aka MKV) demuxer.

CVE-2010-1441 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 26 Dec 2014, 20:59 UTC

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted byte stream to the (1) A/52, (2) DTS, or (3) MPEG Audio decoder.

CVE-2014-3441 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 14 May 2014, 19:55 UTC

codec\libpng_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted .png file, as demonstrated by a png in a .wave file.

CVE-2013-7340 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 21 Mar 2014, 04:38 UTC

VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted playlist file.

CVE-2014-1684 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 03 Mar 2014, 16:55 UTC

The ASF_ReadObject_file_properties function in modules/demux/asf/libasf.c in the ASF Demuxer in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a zero minimum and maximum data packet size in an ASF file.

CVE-2013-6934 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 23 Jan 2014, 21:55 UTC

The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2013.11.26, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a space character at the beginning of an RTSP message, which triggers an integer underflow, infinite loop, and buffer overflow. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6933.

CVE-2013-6283 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 25 Oct 2013, 23:55 UTC

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a URL in a m3u file.

CVE-2013-4388 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 11 Oct 2013, 22:55 UTC

Buffer overflow in the mp4a packetizer (modules/packetizer/mpeg4audio.c) in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

CVE-2013-3245 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 10 Jul 2013, 19:55 UTC

plugins/demux/libmkv_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.0.7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MKV file, possibly involving an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read or heap-based buffer overflow, or an uncaught exception. NOTE: the vendor disputes the severity and claimed vulnerability type of this issue, stating "This PoC crashes VLC, indeed, but does nothing more... this is not an integer overflow error, but an uncaught exception and I doubt that it is exploitable. This uncaught exception makes VLC abort, not execute random code, on my Linux 64bits machine." A PoC posted by the original researcher shows signs of an attacker-controlled out-of-bounds read, but the affected instruction does not involve a register that directly influences control flow

CVE-2013-1954 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 10 Jul 2013, 19:55 UTC

The ASF Demuxer (modules/demux/asf/asf.c) in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF movie that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

CVE-2013-1868 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 10 Jul 2013, 19:55 UTC

Multiple buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) freetype renderer and (2) HTML subtitle parser.

CVE-2012-5855 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 10 Jul 2013, 19:55 UTC

The SHAddToRecentDocs function in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.4 and earlier might allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file name that triggers an incorrect string-length calculation when the file is added to VLC. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries or whether it can be exploited without user interaction.

CVE-2012-0023 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 30 Oct 2012, 19:55 UTC

Double free vulnerability in the get_chunk_header function in modules/demux/ty.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TiVo (TY) file.

CVE-2012-5470 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 26 Oct 2012, 10:39 UTC

libpng_plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG file.

CVE-2012-3377 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 12 Jul 2012, 21:55 UTC

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ogg_DecodePacket function in the OGG demuxer (modules/demux/ogg.c) in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted OGG file.

CVE-2012-2396 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 19 Apr 2012, 21:55 UTC

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted MP4 file.

CVE-2012-1776 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 19 Mar 2012, 16:55 UTC

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Real RTSP stream.

CVE-2012-1775 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 19 Mar 2012, 16:55 UTC

Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MMS:// stream.

CVE-2012-0904 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 20 Jan 2012, 17:55 UTC

VLC media player 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in an amr file.

CVE-2011-2588 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 27 Jul 2011, 02:55 UTC

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AVI_ChunkRead_strf function in libavi.c in the AVI demuxer in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted AVI media file.

CVE-2011-2587 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 27 Jul 2011, 02:55 UTC

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DemuxAudioSipr function in real.c in the RealMedia demuxer in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.x before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Real Media file.

CVE-2011-1931 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 07 Jul 2011, 21:55 UTC

sp5xdec.c in the Sunplus SP5X JPEG decoder in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.6.3 and libav through 0.6.2, as used in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.9 and earlier and other products, performs a write operation outside the bounds of an unspecified array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed AMV file.

CVE-2011-2194 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 24 Jun 2011, 20:55 UTC

Integer overflow in the XSPF playlist parser in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.5 through 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVE-2011-1684 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 03 May 2011, 20:55 UTC

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_skcr function in libmp4.c in the MP4 demultiplexer in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.x before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 file.

CVE-2011-1087 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.6 03 May 2011, 19:55 UTC

Buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .mp3 file that is played during bookmark creation.

CVE-2010-3276 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 28 Mar 2011, 16:55 UTC

libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width in an NSV file.

CVE-2010-3275 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 28 Mar 2011, 16:55 UTC

libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width in an AMV file, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."

CVE-2011-0531 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 07 Feb 2011, 21:00 UTC

demux/mkv/mkv.hpp in the MKV demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted MKV (WebM or Matroska) file that triggers memory corruption, related to "class mismatching" and the MKV_IS_ID macro.

CVE-2011-0522 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 07 Feb 2011, 21:00 UTC

The StripTags function in (1) the USF decoder (modules/codec/subtitles/subsdec.c) and (2) the Text decoder (modules/codec/subtitles/subsusf.c) in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1 before 1.1.6-rc allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a subtitle with an opening "<" without a closing ">" in an MKV file, which triggers heap memory corruption, as demonstrated using refined-australia-blu720p-sample.mkv.

CVE-2011-0021 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 25 Jan 2011, 19:00 UTC

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted CDG video.

CVE-2010-3907 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 03 Jan 2011, 20:00 UTC

Multiple integer overflows in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a zero i_subpackets value in a Real Media file, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVE-2010-3124 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 26 Aug 2010, 18:36 UTC

Untrusted search path vulnerability in bin/winvlc.c in VLC Media Player 1.1.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll that is located in the same folder as a .mp3 file.

CVE-2010-2937 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 20 Aug 2010, 18:00 UTC

The ReadMetaFromId3v2 function in taglib.cpp in the TagLib plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 1.1.2 does not properly process ID3v2 tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted media file.

CVE-2010-0364 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 21 Jan 2010, 20:30 UTC

Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an ogg file with a crafted Advanced SubStation Alpha Subtitle (.ass) file, probably involving the Dialogue field.

CVE-2009-2484 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 16 Jul 2009, 16:30 UTC

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9, when running on Microsoft Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long smb URI in a playlist file.

CVE-2009-1045 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 23 Mar 2009, 16:30 UTC

requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action.

CVE-2008-5276 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 03 Dec 2008, 17:30 UTC

Integer overflow in the ReadRealIndex function in real.c in the Real demuxer plugin in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.0 through 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RealMedia (.rm) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVE-2008-5036 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 10 Nov 2008, 22:18 UTC

Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.x before 0.9.6 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an an invalid RealText (rt) subtitle file, related to the ParseRealText function in modules/demux/subtitle.c. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2008-5032 on 20081110.

CVE-2008-5032 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 10 Nov 2008, 16:15 UTC

Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.5.0 through 0.9.5 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the header of an invalid CUE image file, related to modules/access/vcd/cdrom.c. NOTE: this identifier originally included an issue related to RealText, but that issue has been assigned a separate identifier, CVE-2008-5036.

CVE-2008-4686 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 22 Oct 2008, 18:00 UTC

Multiple integer overflows in ty.c in the TY demux plugin (aka the TiVo demuxer) in VideoLAN VLC media player, probably 0.9.4, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ty file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4654.

CVE-2008-4654 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 22 Oct 2008, 00:11 UTC

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TiVo TY media file with a header containing a crafted size value.

CVE-2008-4558 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 15 Oct 2008, 00:00 UTC

Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via an XSPF playlist file with a negative identifier tag, which passes a signed comparison.

CVE-2008-3794 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 26 Aug 2008, 15:41 UTC

Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mmst link with a negative size value, which bypasses a size check and triggers an integer overflow followed by a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVE-2008-3732 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 20 Aug 2008, 16:41 UTC

Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/tta.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTA file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVE-2008-2430 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 07 Jul 2008, 23:41 UTC

Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large fmt chunk in a WAV file.

CVE-2008-2147 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 4.6 12 May 2008, 20:20 UTC

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC before 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library under the modules/ or plugins/ subdirectories of the current working directory.

CVE-2008-1768 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 25 Apr 2008, 06:05 UTC

Multiple integer overflows in VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the (1) MP4 demuxer, (2) Real demuxer, and (3) Cinepak codec, which triggers a buffer overflow.

CVE-2008-1769 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 25 Apr 2008, 06:05 UTC

VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.

CVE-2008-1881 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 17 Apr 2008, 23:05 UTC

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle.c) in VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in an SSA file. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6681.

CVE-2008-1489 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 25 Mar 2008, 00:44 UTC

Integer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 RDRF box that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0984.

CVE-2008-0984 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 26 Feb 2008, 19:44 UTC

The MP4 demuxer (mp4.c) for VLC media player 0.8.6d and earlier, as used in Miro Player 1.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via a malformed MP4 file.

CVE-2007-6683 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 17 Jan 2008, 01:00 UTC

The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an argument injection vulnerability.

CVE-2007-6684 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 17 Jan 2008, 01:00 UTC

The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request without a Transport parameter, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

CVE-2008-0296 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 10.0 16 Jan 2008, 22:00 UTC

Heap-based buffer overflow in the libaccess_realrtsp plugin in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d and earlier on Windows might allow remote RTSP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long string.

CVE-2008-0295 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 8.5 16 Jan 2008, 22:00 UTC

Heap-based buffer overflow in modules/access/rtsp/real_sdpplin.c in the Xine library, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d and earlier, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long Session Description Protocol (SDP) data.

CVE-2007-6262 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 06 Dec 2007, 02:46 UTC

A certain ActiveX control in axvlc.dll in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6 before 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) addTarget, (2) getVariable, or (3) setVariable function, resulting from a "bad initialized pointer," aka a "recursive plugin release vulnerability."

CVE-2007-3467 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.8 27 Jun 2007, 22:30 UTC

Integer overflow in the __status_Update function in stats.c VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a WAV file with a large sample rate.

CVE-2007-3468 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.8 27 Jun 2007, 22:30 UTC

input.c in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted WAV file that causes an uninitialized i_nb_resamplers variable to be used.

CVE-2007-3316 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 21 Jun 2007, 18:30 UTC

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in plugins in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 0.8.6c allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in (1) an Ogg/Vorbis file, (2) an Ogg/Theora file, (3) a CDDB entry for a CD Digital Audio (CDDA) file, or (4) Service Announce Protocol (SAP) multicast packets.

CVE-2007-0256 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 7.8 16 Jan 2007, 23:28 UTC

VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .wmv file.

CVE-2007-0017 videolan vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 03 Jan 2007, 02:28 UTC

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) the cdio_log_handler function in modules/access/cdda/access.c in the CDDA (libcdda_plugin) plugin, and the (2) cdio_log_handler and (3) vcd_log_handler functions in modules/access/vcdx/access.c in the VCDX (libvcdx_plugin) plugin, in VideoLAN VLC 0.7.0 through 0.8.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI, as demonstrated by a udp://-- URI in an M3U file.