CVE-2010-3124
Untrusted search path vulnerability in bin/winvlc.c in VLC Media Player 1.1.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote…
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Description
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1.3 - 'wintab32.dll' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14750local, windowspublished 25 Aug 2010Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 14750 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.5% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=bin/winvlc.c%3Bh=ac9b97ca9f5f9ba001f13bf61eb5127a1c1dbcbf%3Bhp=2d09cba320e3b0def7069ce1ebab25d1340161c5%3Bhb=43a31df56c37bd62c691cdbe3c1f11babd164b56%3Bhpb=2d366da738b19f8d761d7084746c6db6f52808c6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100825 CVE request: VLC media player - DLL preloading vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 14750 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 41107 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100825 Re: CVE request: VLC media player - DLL preloading vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12190 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-3124 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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