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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2023-47359

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CVE-2023-47359

Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an incorrect offset read ...

Published Modified CWE 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 10vlc3.0.20-0+deb10u1
debian 11vlc3.0.20-0+deb11u1
debian 12vlc3.0.20-0+deb12u1
debian 13vlc3.0.20-1
debian 14vlc3.0.20-1
echovlc3.0.20-0+deb12u1
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04vlc0:3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04vlc0:3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04vlc0:3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMvlc2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm3
ubuntu 18.04-ESMvlc3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm2
ubuntu 20.04-ESMvlc3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Show all 14 entries from 14 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 10vlc3.0.20-0+deb10u1
debian 11vlc3.0.20-0+deb11u1
debian 12vlc3.0.20-0+deb12u1
debian 13vlc3.0.20-1
debian 14vlc3.0.20-1
echovlc3.0.20-0+deb12u1
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04vlc0:3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04vlc0:3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04vlc0:3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMvlc2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm3
ubuntu 18.04-ESMvlc3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm2
ubuntu 20.04-ESMvlc3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
ubuntu 22.04vlcno fix listed
ubuntu 23.10vlc3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1

References

Vulnerability data compiled from the Trivy vulnerability database (trivy-db, Aqua Security, Apache License 2.0), which aggregates third-party advisories. CVE records are published by The MITRE Corporation under the CVE Terms of Use; CVE is a trademark of MITRE. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Severity, titles and advisory data from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0), Red Hat security data (CC BY 4.0) and the other sources linked on each entry. Entries may be summarised or re-formatted; the linked original is the authoritative record.