7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.304 Low
EPSS
Percentile
97.0%
VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VLC:
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file or stream, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-0.8.6f"
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gentoo | any | all | media-video/vlc | < 0.8.6f | UNKNOWN |