NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting vlc package, versions <3.0.8-0+deb9u1
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- published19 Aug 2019
- disclosed29 Aug 2019
Introduced: 19 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-14534 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 vlc to version 3.0.8-0+deb9u1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
In VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function SeekPercent of demux/asf/asf.c that will lead to a denial of service attack.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14534
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14534
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs/heads/master&st=commit&s=cve-2019
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-14534
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/