CVE-2022-41325

7.8 highEPSS 0.7%

High (7.8). EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 52% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-190
Published: 2022-12-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:debian_linux
videolan:vlc_media_player

References

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
https://twitter.com/0xMitsurugi

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