CVE-2010-3276
libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width in an NSV file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width in an NSV file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.46% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- videolan/vlc media player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43826Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8162
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025250
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-vulnerabilities-amv-nsv-files
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2211
- http://www.osvdb.org/71278
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517150/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47012Exploit
- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/1.1.8.htmlPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0759Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66260
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14873
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43826Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8162
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025250
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-vulnerabilities-amv-nsv-files
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2211
- http://www.osvdb.org/71278
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517150/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47012Exploit
- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/1.1.8.htmlPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0759Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66260
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14873
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.