CVE-2022-41325 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by tricking a user into opening a crafted playlist or connecting to a rogue VNC server, to crash VLC or execute code under some conditions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Videolan	Vlc Media Player

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3216-1	vlc security update
Debian DSA	DSA-5297-1	vlc security update
EUVD	EUVD-2022-44532	An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by tricking a user into opening a crafted playlist or connecting to a rogue VNC server, to crash VLC or execute code under some conditions.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6180-1	VLC media player vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://twitter.com/0xMitsurugi
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5297
https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2022-11/vlc_vnc_int_overflow-CVE-2022-41325.pdf
https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3018.html

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T19:35:53.234Z

Reserved: 2022-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41325

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:42:45.693Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-06T16:15:11.173

Modified: 2025-04-23T20:15:41.417

Link: CVE-2022-41325

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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