EIP-2026-116489

PRE-CVE

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.2.1 - '.mp4' Heap Memory Corruption

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-116489. PoCs published by Francis Provencher.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a vulnerability writeup describing a heap memory corruption in VLC media player 2.2.1 when parsing malformed MPEG-4 files with invalid STSD atoms. The advisory includes a PoC file link but no actual exploit code.

Description

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 2.2.1 - '.mp4' Heap Memory Corruption

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Francis Provencher · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39353

This is a vulnerability writeup describing a heap memory corruption in VLC media player 2.2.1 when parsing malformed MPEG-4 files with invalid STSD atoms. The advisory includes a PoC file link but no actual exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: VLC media player 2.2.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: User interaction to open malicious MPEG-4 file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026