CVE-2020-26664

Summary

CVECVE-2020-26664
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-08 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-03 18:49:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in EbmlTypeDispatcher::send in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.11 allows attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player All All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3050-1] vlc security update MLIST lists.debian.org
VLC: Buffer overflow (GLSA 202101-37) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4834-1 vlc DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
videolan.com MISC videolan.com Product, Vendor Advisory
DSI Architects, Inc. MISC vlc.com Third Party Advisory
gist.githubusercontent.com/henices/db11664dd45b9f322f8514d182aef5ea/raw/d56940c8bf211992... MISC gist.githubusercontent.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179369 Debian Security Update for vlc (DLA 3050-1)
  • 501268 Alpine Linux Security Update for vlc
  • 750223 OpenSUSE Security Update for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2021:0691-1)
  • 750419 OpenSUSE Security Update for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2021:0091-1)
  • 750425 OpenSUSE Security Update for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2021:0076-1)
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