Details
- Type
- Integer Overflow
- Impact
- Remote Code Execution, Denial Of Service
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 9 September 2026
- Updated
- 15 October 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-190
Vendor fix
Update to the latest VLC media player version with the fix.
Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56711
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vlc-media-player-3.0.0-through-3.0.23-heap-out-of-bounds-write-via-integer-overflow-in-picture-allocation
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/blob/3.0.23/include/vlc_picture.h
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/blob/3.0.23/modules/codec/png.c
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/blob/3.0.23/modules/demux/image.c
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/blob/3.0.23/src/misc/picture.c