CVE-2023-47359

Publication date 7 November 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vlc	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 3.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
vlc	Upstream: 27840cb

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6783-1
VLC vulnerabilities
22 May 2024