VLC < 3.0.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 283730

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Synopsis

The remote host contains a media player that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of VLC media player installed on the remote host is prior to 3.0.22. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. If successful, a malicious third party could trigger a crash of VLC (Denial of service). While these issues in themselves are most likely to just crash the application, we can't exclude that they could be combined to leak user information or remotely execute code. ASLR and DEP help reduce the likeliness of code execution, but may be bypassed.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VLC version 3.0.22 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 283730

File Name: vlc_3_0_22.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-51602

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-51602

IAVB: 2026-B-0008

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