High
Security advisory
A NULL-pointer dereference in "Open" in avi.c of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 can a denial of service (DOS) in the application.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-25804
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A NULL-pointer dereference in "Open" in avi.c of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 can a denial of service (DOS) in the application.
osv:CVE-2021-25804
Complete source record
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