CVE-2018-11529

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.0

Description

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.x is prone to a use after free vulnerability which an attacker can leverage to execute arbitrary code via crafted MKV files. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-45626 local windows verified

Metasploit · 2018-10-16

VLC Media Player - MKV Use-After-Free (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/fileformat/vlc_mkv rank 500

VLC Media Player MKV Use After Free

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`3.0.3.r1-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.0.3-1-1`
sid	Fixed	`3.0.3-1-1`
forky	Fixed	`3.0.3-1-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.0.3-1-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.0.3-1-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11529

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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