Double Free Affecting vlc package, versions <3.0.9.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.81% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-VLC-8489946
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed24 Mar 2020

Introduced: 24 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-6072  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 vlc to version 3.0.9.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the label-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing compressed labels in mDNS messages, the rr_decode function's return value is not checked, leading to a double free that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. An attacker can send an mDNS message to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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