CVE-2024-46461: vlc Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-46461 is a high (CVSS 8.0) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in vlc. EPSS estimates a 0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 25-09-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 25-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST8.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.60%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
49%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.61% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- vlc< 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 | < 3.0.21-0+deb12u1 | < 3.0.21-1
Ubuntu1 product
- vlcAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm4 | < 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm3 | < 3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 | < 3.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 | < 3.0.20-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
2 vendors · 2 products
