Double Free Affecting vlc package, versions <3.0.7-1
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- published23 Jun 2019
- disclosed18 Jun 2019
Introduced: 18 Jun 2019
CVE-2019-12874 (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 issue was discovered in zlib_decompress_extra in modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.x through 3.0.7. The Matroska demuxer, while parsing a malformed MKV file type, has a double free.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12874
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=81023659c7de5ac2637b4a879195efef50846102
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108882
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-12874
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81023659c7de5ac2637b4a879195efef50846102