CVSS 3.0
8.0 highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2018-11529
VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.x is prone to a use after free vulnerability which an attacker can leverage to execute arbitrary code via crafted MKV files. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions.
Severity
- EPSS
- 40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-416
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- videolan:vlc_media_player