vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-6180-1 (CVE-2022-41325): VLC media player vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 6, 2022
Added
Jun 21, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by tricking a user into opening a crafted playlist or connecting to a rogue VNC server, to crash VLC or execute code under some conditions.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlcubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-plugin-access-extra
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