CVE-2020-26664
vlc - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-26664
To remediate CVE-2020-26664, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/vlc—upgrade to 3.0.12-1 or later
- Debian/vlc—upgrade to 3.0.12-0+deb9u1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.0.12-0+deb10u1 or later
Is CVE-2020-26664 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 3.0.12-1
- from 0, < 3.0.12-0+deb9u1
- from 0, < 3.0.12-0+deb10u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |