EIP-2026-119254

PRE-CVE

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6f - 'smb://' URI Handling Remote Universal Buffer Overflow

Title source: legacy

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-119254. PoCs published by His0k4.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in VLC Media Player 0.8.6f by crafting a malicious XSPF playlist file. The payload includes a ROP chain and alpha2-encoded shellcode to achieve remote code execution when the victim opens the file.

Description

VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6f - 'smb://' URI Handling Remote Universal Buffer Overflow

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by His0k4 · pythonremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9318

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This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in VLC Media Player 0.8.6f by crafting a malicious XSPF playlist file. The payload includes a ROP chain and alpha2-encoded shellcode to achieve remote code execution when the victim opens the file.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: VLC Media Player 0.8.6f

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious XSPF file in VLC Media Player 0.8.6f

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026