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CVE-2022-41325
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2022-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-190
Description
An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by tricking a user into opening a crafted playlist or connecting to a rogue VNC server, to crash VLC or execute code under some conditions.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 11.0
- VideoLAN VLC: through 3.0.17.4
References
- https://twitter.com/0xMitsurugi
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5297
- https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2022-11/vlc_vnc_int_overflow-CVE-2022-41325.pdf
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3018.html
- https://twitter.com/0xMitsurugi
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5297
- https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2022-11/vlc_vnc_int_overflow-CVE-2022-41325.pdf
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3018.html
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