CVE-2018-11529

high

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

8.0

Description

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.x is prone to a use after free vulnerability which an attacker can leverage to execute arbitrary code via crafted MKV files. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11529

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`3.0.3.r1-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.0.3-1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.0.3-1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.0.3-1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.0.3-1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.0.3-1-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11529

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.