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The ZIP archive decompressor in VideoLAN VLC media player...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 12, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The ZIP archive decompressor in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 26, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Last updated Apr 12, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(83rd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2010-1444

GHSA ID

GHSA-6cx8-r89x-xwjj

Source code

No known source code

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