CVE-2026-56711

VLC media player 3.0.0 through 3.0.23 memory corruption vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.3 High
Published: Sep 9, 2026
Updated: Sep 18, 2026
Reserved: Jun 22, 2026

Description

VLC media player versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.23 contain a memory-safety vulnerability reachable when processing crafted media. Exploitation requires user interaction and may result in application termination or code execution with the privileges of the VLC process.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.3 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	7.0 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Affected Products

Product	Versions
VLC media playerVideoLAN	3.0.0 through 3.0.23Affected

References

https://github.com/videolan/vlcproduct

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