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CVE-2019-12874

Published: 18 June 2019

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
vlc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco
Released (3.0.7.1-0ubuntu19.04.1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(3.0.7.1-3)
focal Not vulnerable
(3.0.7.1-3)
groovy Not vulnerable
(3.0.7.1-3)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(3.0.7.1-3)
impish Not vulnerable
(3.0.7.1-3)
jammy Not vulnerable
(3.0.7.1-3)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(3.0.7.1-3)
lunar Not vulnerable
(3.0.7.1-3)
mantic Not vulnerable
(3.0.7.1-3)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (3.0.7-1)
xenial Needed

Patches:
upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=81023659c7de5ac2637b4a879195efef50846102

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H