Out-of-bounds Read Affecting vlc package, versions <3.0.7-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-VLC-521770
  • published4 Aug 2019
  • disclosed30 Jul 2019

Introduced: 30 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-5459  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 vlc to version 3.0.7-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

An Integer underflow in VLC Media Player versions < 3.0.7 leads to an out-of-band read.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1