Description
VLC media player before 3.0.24 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the skins2 ThemeLoader that fails to validate member names in .vlt skin archives. Attackers can craft malicious skin files with path traversal sequences to write arbitrary files with VLC user privileges, enabling code execution through Lua script injection.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| videolan | vlc | < 3.0.24 | 3.0.24 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | vlc | 3.0.24-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | vlc | 3.0.24-0+deb13u1 | — |
| Debian 12 | vlc | 3.0.24-0+deb12u1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | vlc | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | vlc | No fix yet | — |
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | vlc | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | vlc | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | vlc | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | vlc | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | vlc | No fix yet | — |
References
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/59934edbd03c6c1147d75d6c91e96633b710ec31 patch
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/8d43e99c2c01d9aab3ecad00e7a102806262b06b patch
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/blob/3.0.23/modules/gui/skins2/src/theme_loader.cpp technical-description
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc product
- VulnCheck Advisory: VLC media player before 3.0.24 Path Traversal via skins2 third-party-advisory