CVE-2018-19857

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-19857
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-05 11:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:55:00 UTC
DescriptionThe CAF demuxer in modules/demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.4 may read memory from an uninitialized pointer when processing magic cookies in CAF files, because a ReadKukiChunk() cast converts a return value to an unsigned int even if that value is negative. This could result in a denial of service and/or a potential infoleak.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-824

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 3.0.4 All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player 3.0.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2015-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE-2018-19857: vlc: uninitialized memory read in caf demuxer | Hans Jerry Illikainen MISC dyntopia.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
git.videolan.org Git - vlc.git/commit git.videolan.org
git.videolan.org Git - vlc.git/commit MISC git.videolan.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4074-1: VLC vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1840-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4366-1 vlc DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1897-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
VideoLAN VLC CVE-2018-19857 Integer Underflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1909-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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