Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-25801

High

Published: 26 July 2021

Published
26 July 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0232 85.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-25801 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 14.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the __Parse_indx component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 allows attackers to cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted .avi file.

CWE(s)
CWE-125

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

videolan
vlc media player
3.0.11

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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