CVE catalog
CVE-2023-46814
vlc: CVE-2023-46814
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.28% · Oct 25, 2026
A binary hijacking vulnerability exists within the VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.19 on Windows. The uninstaller attempts to execute code with elevated privileges out of a standard user writable location. Standard users may use this to gain arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | vlc | sid | 3.0.24-4 | not affected |
| Debian | vlc | forky | 3.0.24-4 | not affected |
| Debian | vlc | trixie | 3.0.23-0+deb13u1 | not affected |
| Debian | vlc | trixie-security | 3.0.24-0+deb13u1 | not affected |
| Debian | vlc | bookworm | 3.0.23-0+deb12u1 | not affected |
| Debian | vlc | bookworm-security | 3.0.23-0+deb12u1 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | vlc | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | vlc | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | vlc | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | vlc | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.