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High 7.8Published Jan 8, 2021
CVE-2020-26664A 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.
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A 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.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
videolan vlc_media_player videolan:vlc_media_player | before 3.0.12 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 9.0; 10.0 | NVD |
References
- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/henices/db11664dd45b9f322f8514d182aef5ea/raw/d56940c8bf211992bf4f3309a85bb2b69383e511/CVE-2020-26664.txt
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4834vendor-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-37vendor-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00012.htmlmailing-list
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