CVE-2024-46461 (GCVE-0-2024-46461)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-25 00:00 – Updated: 2024-09-25 15:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-25 15:37 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| videolan | vlc_media_player |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 3.0.20
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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