CVE-2026-115724: VideoLAN VLC for Android

VLC for Android before 3.7.2 File Overwrite via Spoofed Mail Attachment Provider

CVSS 2.1 LowEPSS 0.0009 · 1st percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 23 Oct 2026, 11:36 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
VideoLAN	VLC for Android pkg:github/videolan/vlc-android	affected before 3.7.2 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-115724

CNA

VulnCheck

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-346

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
2.1	Low	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
2.9	Low	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	CNA (VulnCheck)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0009, the 1st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

23 Oct 2026, 11:36 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
23 Oct 2026, 12:18 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

github.com/videolan/vlc-android/commit/d289a54689d82eb788ec547ff5fb08f847ae62e6 patch
github.com/videolan/vlc-android/releases/tag/3.7.2 release-notes
github.com/videolan/vlc-android/blob/3.7.1/application/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/util/FileUtils.kt#L397-L428 technical-description
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vlc-for-android-before-3.7.2-file-overwrite-via-spoofed-mail-attachment-provider third-party-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.