CVE-2024-46461

Publication date 25 September 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.0 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vlc 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.0.20-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm4

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.0 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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