CVE-2019-12874

Summary

CVECVE-2019-12874
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-18 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.videolan.org Git - vlc.git/commit MISC git.videolan.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.videolan.org Git - vlc.git/commit git.videolan.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2015-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com
USN-4074-1: VLC vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-23) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1840-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1897-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1909-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710138 Gentoo Linux VLC Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-23)
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