High severity · published Jan 8, 2021
CVE-2020-26664
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
7.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
VM
Vlc Media Player · Videolan
before 3.0.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26664
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26664
Exploit
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/henices/db11664dd45b9f322f8514d182aef5ea/raw/d56940c8bf211992bf4f3309a85bb2b69383e511/CVE-2020-26664.txt
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-37
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4834
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