CVE-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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 40.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-07-11 16:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 08:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-05-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 47fa6e2d43883efa011aee590456238948bf48b2ce8cbbd5fb14218ae38b5cb8
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1041311http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041311
- seclists.org20180710 VLC media player 2.2.8 Arbitrary Code Execution PoChttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/28
- www.exploit-db.com45626https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45626/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4251https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4251
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.3.r1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.3-1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.3-1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.3-1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- vlc Fixed in 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- vlc Fixed in 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.