Out-of-bounds Read Affecting vlc package, versions <3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1
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- published19 Aug 2019
- disclosed29 Aug 2019
Introduced: 19 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-14437 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 vlc to version 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
The xiph_SplitHeaders function in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 does not check array bounds properly. As a result, a heap-based buffer over-read can be triggered via a crafted .ogg file.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-14437
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14437
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14437
- 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
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/