CVE-2021-25804

high

Description

A NULL-pointer dereference in "Open" in avi.c of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 can a denial of service (DOS) in the application.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-12687

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-3.0/-/commit/a7f577ec26d35bbd7b2a3cda89d1b41bde69de9c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-07-26

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01811