The ZIP archive decompressor in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive
Published Dec 26, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.58%
Description
The ZIP archive decompressor in VideoLAN VLC media player before 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.0.5
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.8.4
- 0.8.4a
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.6
- 0.8.6a
- 0.8.6b
- 0.8.6c
- 0.8.6d
- 0.8.6e
- 0.8.6f
- 0.8.6g
- 0.8.6h
- 0.8.6i
- 0.8.1337
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.8a
- 0.9.9
- 0.9.9a
- 0.9.10
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.58% (0.03583) | 89.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.58% (0.03583) | 87.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 11, 2025 | 1.90% (0.01900) | 81.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.10% (0.04104) | 87.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.36% (0.05363) | 83.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.10% (0.04104) | 87.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.24% (0.03236) | 91.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.64% (0.05645) | 92.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 87.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 86.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 70.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (3)
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=08813ee6f8eb0faf83790bd4247c0a97af75a1cf x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1003.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=08813ee6f8eb0faf83790bd4247c0a97af75a1cf | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1003.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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