Vulnerability · Published Sep 25, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-46461
High 8.0
In plain English
A high-severity heap buffer overflow in the vlc package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | vlc | 3.0.21-0+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46461 |
| Debian:12 | vlc | 3.0.21-0+deb12u1 | DSA-5707-1 |
| Debian:13 | vlc | 3.0.21-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46461 |
| Debian:14 | vlc | 3.0.21-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | vlc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46461 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | vlc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46461 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H