VLC media player vulnerabilities
13 known CVE vulnerabilities in VLC media player, translated and rated.
- CVE-2026-102875High
VLC media player before 3.0.24 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the skins2 ThemeLoader that fails to validate member names in .vlt skin archives. Attackers can craft malicious skin files with path traversal sequences to write arbitrary files with VLC user privileges, enabling code execution through Lua script injection.
- CVE-2019-13962Critical
lavc_CopyPicture in modules/codec/avcodec/video.c in VideoLAN VLC media player through 3.0.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read because it does not properly validate the width and height.
- CVE-2019-12874Critical
An issue was discovered in zlib_decompress_extra in modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.x through 3.0.7. The Matroska demuxer, while parsing a malformed MKV file type, has a double free.
- CVE-2019-5439Medium
A Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player < 3.0.7 causes a crash which can possibly be further developed into a remote code execution exploit.
- CVE-2026-73324Medium
Certain VLC media player builds in versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.23 contain a memory-safety vulnerability reachable when processing media from an attacker-controlled network source. Exploitation requires user interaction and may disclose a limited, layout-dependent amount of VLC process memory. Exposure depends on build configuration.
- CVE-2026-56711High
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.
- CVE-2020-26664High
A vulnerability in the EbmlTypeDispatcher::send function of VLC media player 3.0.11 allows attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file.
- CVE-2019-19721High
An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c in VLC media player before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image file. This may be related to the SDL_Image product.
- CVE-2019-14970High
A vulnerability in mkv::event_thread_t in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file.
- CVE-2019-14534Medium
In VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function SeekPercent of demux/asf/asf.c that will lead to a denial of service attack.
- CVE-2019-14438High
A heap-based buffer over-read in xiph_PackHeaders() in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted .ogg file.
- CVE-2019-5459High
An Integer underflow in VLC Media Player versions < 3.0.7 leads to an out-of-band read.
- CVE-2019-13602High
An Integer Underflow in MP4_EIA608_Convert() in modules/demux/mp4/mp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player through 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .mp4 file.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

