Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-47359

Description

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.

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Affected products

VideoLAN/Vlccpe-rescue2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <3.0.20

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

0xariana.github.io/blog/real_bugs/vlc/mmsnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00034.htmlnvd

News mentions

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