CVE-2023-47359

critical

Published 2023-11-07 · Modified 2026-05-28

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an incorrect offset read that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function GetPacket() and results in a memory corruption.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

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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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.0.20-1`
sid	Fixed	`3.0.20-1`
forky	Fixed	`3.0.20-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.0.20-0+deb11u1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.0.20-0+deb12u1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
videolan	vlc_media_player	`{"endExcluding":"3.0.20"}`	`3.0.20`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.