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high 8.0

CVE-2018-11529 in the critical feed json

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 cra…

published 2018-07-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-3558

cvss
8.0
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
40.5%
EPSS 40.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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 denial of service conditions.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.3-1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11529

  • vlc Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1
  • vlc Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11529

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vlc Arch Linux 3.0.3.r1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-755

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-146-05 updated cvss 8.0

ABB Ability Camera Connect

  • ABB Ability Camera Connect <= 1.5.0.14
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation
  • ABB Ability Camera Connect 1.5.0.15
    fixed

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/vlc_mkv)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

40.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.