CVE-2023-46814

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-427

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a
videolan	vlc_media_player	< 3.0.19

References

https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3019.htmlVendor Advisory
https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3019.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 22, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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