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Vulnerability details: VCID-hmyn-3jkb-vqd6
Vulnerability ID VCID-hmyn-3jkb-vqd6
Aliases CVE-2020-13428
Summary A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.11 for macOS/iOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 Annex-B video (.avi for example) file.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
System Score Found at
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cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13428
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13428
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d5c43c21c747ff30ed19fcca745dea3481c733e0
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13428
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13428
https://github.com/videolan/vlc-3.0/releases/tag/3.0.11
https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commits/master/modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal.c
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4704
https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3011.html
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-13428 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13428
USN-6180-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6180-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13428
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13428
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.91006
EPSS Score 0.0692
Published At Aug. 5, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:40:51.129636+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.16/community.json 37.0.0