What is CVE-2025-51602?

CVE-2025-51602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2025-51602?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-51602 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Videolan Vlc Media Player

CVE-2025-51602

mmstu.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.22 allows an out-of-bounds read and denial of service via a crafted 0x01 response from an MMS server.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (28.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Videolan Vlc Media Player — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Lekssays/Lekssays

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-51602?: CVE-2025-51602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-51602?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-51602 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.