Use After Free Affecting videolan package, versions [,3.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
85.12% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIDEOLAN-2371200
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-11529  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade videolan to version 3.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1