CVE-2010-2062: videolan vlc_media_player Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-2062 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in videolan vlc_media_player. EPSS estimates a 4.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1Timeline
- 26-12-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer underflow in the real_get_rdt_chunk function in real.c, as used in modules/access/rtsp/real.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.1 and stream/realrtsp/real.c in MPlayer before r29447, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value in an RDT chunk header.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.48%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 4.48% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (seclists.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (dzcore.wordpress.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian2 products
- mplayer< 1.0~rc2-17+lenny3.2 | < 2:1.0~rc3+svn20100502-3
- vlc< 0.8.6.h-4+lenny2.3 | < 1.0.1-1
Videolan1 product
- vlc_media_player≤ 1.0.0 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2 | 0.8.4 | 0.8.4a | 0.8.5 | 0.8.6 | 0.8.6a | 0.8.6b | 0.8.6c | 0.8.6d | 0.8.6e | 0.8.6f | 0.8.6g | 0.8.6h | 0.8.6i | 0.8.1337 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.1 | 0.9.2 | 0.9.3 | 0.9.4 | 0.9.5 | 0.9.6 | 0.9.8a | 0.9.9 | 0.9.9a | 0.9.10
2 vendors · 3 products