CVE-2024-46461
vlc - security update
8.0
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
Description
VLC media player 3.0.20 and earlier is vulnerable to denial of service through an integer overflow which could be triggered with a maliciously crafted mms stream (heap based overflow). If successful, a malicious third party could trigger either a crash of VLC or an arbitrary code execution with the target user's privileges.
How to fix CVE-2024-46461
To remediate CVE-2024-46461, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2024-46461 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.0.21-0+deb11u1
- from 0, < 3.0.21-0+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |