CVE-2021-25802

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.74% (54th) EPSS

CVSS 5.8 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the AVI_ExtractSubtitle component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 allows attackers to cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted .avi file.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–8.1

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 4.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.18.1highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-125USprimaryCWE-120US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Open Source VLC 3.0.11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.11
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
VideoLAN organization VLC Media Player≤ 3.0.12fstec_bduRU
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС» ОС ОН «Стрелец»≤ 16.01.2023fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
videolan vlc media player= 3.0.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1515VLC: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-07-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VLC ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen und einen Denial of Service Zustand herzustellen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-07-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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