Is CVE-2023-47359 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-47359 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-47359?

CVE-2023-47359 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-47359?

CVE-2023-47359 has an EPSS score of 1.10% (62th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-47359?

Upgrade vlc on debian 11 to 3.0.20-0+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-47359

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an incorrect offset read that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function GetPacket() and results in a memory corruption.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

vlcDebian

Fixed in:3.0.20-0+deb11u1CVE-2023-47359

Fixed in:3.0.20-0+deb12u1CVE-2023-47359

Fixed in:3.0.20-1CVE-2023-47359

vlcUbuntu

Fixed in:2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm3USN-6783-1

Fixed in:3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm2USN-6783-1

Fixed in:3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-6783-1

Fixed in:3.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-6783-1

Fixed in:3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1USN-6783-1

vlc-plugin-baseUbuntu

Fixed in:3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm2USN-6783-1

Fixed in:3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-6783-1

Fixed in:3.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-6783-1

Fixed in:3.0.18-4ubuntu0.1USN-6783-1

VLC media playerWindows application

Affected:3.0.20Fixed in:3.0.20VideoLAN

VLC media player (Nightly)Windows application

Affected:3.0.20Fixed in:3.0.20VideoLAN

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.10%probability of exploitation in 30 days

62ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 62% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

0xariana.github.io

Other references1

lists.debian.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-28.