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critical 9.3

CVE-2010-3124 in the critical feed json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in bin/winvlc.c in VLC Media Player 1.1.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers…

published 2010-08-26 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-3124

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.5%
EPSS 12.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in bin/winvlc.c in VLC Media Player 1.1.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll that is located in the same folder as a .mp3 file.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-14750)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-14750 VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1.3 - 'wintab32.dll' DLL Hijacking local, 2010-08-25

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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