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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2022-41325 json

An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by tricking a user into opening a cra…

published 2022-12-06 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-44532

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by tricking a user into opening a crafted playlist or connecting to a rogue VNC server, to crash VLC or execute code under some conditions.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.18-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41325

  • vlc Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2
  • vlc Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm1
  • vlc Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • vlc Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 3.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41325

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 openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0.18-4.1
  • vlc Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 3.0.20-bp155.2.3.1
  • vlc Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 3.0.18-bp154.2.3.1
  • vlc Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 3.0.18-bp153.2.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12582-1openSUSE-SU-2023:0366-1openSUSE-SU-2022:10255-1openSUSE-SU-2022:10252-1

  • vlc Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 3.0.18-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-41325

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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 7.8

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • synacktiv.com https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2022-11/vlc_vnc_int_overflow-CVE-2022-41325.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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.