QID 379008

Date Published: 2023-11-29

QID 379008: VideoLAN VLC Media player Vulnerability fixed in VLC media player (VideoLAN-SB-VLC-3020)

VLC is an open source, cross-platform media player that supports media streaming.

Affected Versions:
VLC media player 3.0.19 and earlier

QID Detection Logic:
It checks for vulnerable versions of VLC media player installed on MAC and Windows platforms.

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released updates to resolve this issue. Refer to VideoLAN-SB-VLC-3020 to obtain more information.

Vendor References

VideoLAN-SB-VLC-3020 - www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3020.html

CVEs related to QID 379008

CVE-2023-47359 | CVE-2023-47360 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
VideoLAN-SB-VLC-3020			www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3020.html

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