Description
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://vlc.com
Product, Vendor Advisory
http://videolan.com
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/henices/db11664dd45b9f322f8514d182aef5ea/raw/d56940c8bf211992bf4f3309a85bb2b69383e511/CVE-2020-26664.txt
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4834
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-37
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00012.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0146
EPSS Percentile
70.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
videolan/vlc_media_player
< 3.0.12
Published
Jan 08, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026