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Vulnerability details: VCID-k8ar-n2ms-4uef
Vulnerability ID VCID-k8ar-n2ms-4uef
Aliases CVE-2018-11516
Summary The vlc_demux_chained_Delete function in input/demux_chained.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .swf file.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.9
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
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epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11516
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11516
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11516
Reference id Reference type URL
http://code610.blogspot.com/2018/05/make-free-vlc.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11516
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11516
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104293
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041312
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1801.html
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-11516 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11516
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-2018-11516
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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11516
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 0.69561
EPSS Score 0.00637
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:56:15.139530+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11516 37.0.0