Vlc vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Vlc is made by Videolan. We track 10 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 62 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Videolan lists newer releases under their own names, such as Vlc Media Player, so check those pages too.
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Is Vlc listed under other names? Yes.
Videolan also lists Vlc under more specific names, such as Vlc Media Player and Vlc for Mobile. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which Vlc vulnerabilities are being exploited?
This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.
None of Vlc's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.
Which Vlc flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 17%CVE-2007-6681High
Stack-based buffer overflow in modules/demux/subtitle.c in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in a (1) MicroDvd, (2) SSA, and (3) Vplayer file.
- 15%CVE-2007-6682High
Format string vulnerability in the httpd_FileCallBack function (network/httpd.c) in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Connection parameter.
- 12%CVE-2008-1489Medium
Integer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 RDRF box that triggers a...
- 12%CVE-2008-1881Medium
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle.c) in VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in an SSA file.
- 7.2%CVE-2008-1769Medium
VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.
- 5.0%CVE-2014-6440Critical
VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
- 2.8%CVE-2007-6683Medium
The browser plugin in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the :demuxdump-file option in a filename in a playlist, or (2) a EXTVLCOPT statement in an MP3 file, possibly an...
- 2.7%CVE-2008-1768Medium
Multiple integer overflows in VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the (1) MP4 demuxer, (2) Real demuxer, and (3) Cinepak codec, which triggers a buffer overflow.
- 2.2%CVE-2007-6684Medium
The RTSP module in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request without a Transport parameter, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
- 0.4%CVE-2008-2147Medium
Untrusted search path vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC before 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library under the modules/ or plugins/ subdirectories of the current working directory.
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Stack-based buffer overflow in modules/demux/subtitle.c in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in a (1) MicroDvd, (2) SSA, and (3) Vplayer file.
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We track 10 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Vlc, across 62 versions.
None of Vlc's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.
Videolan also lists Vlc under more specific names, such as Vlc Media Player and Vlc for Mobile. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Vlc. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.