USN-4131-1: VLC vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• vlc - multimedia player and streamer

Details

It was discovered that VLC incorrectly handled certain media files. If a
user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker
could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

• vlc - 3.0.8-0ubuntu19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• vlc - 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-13962
• CVE-2019-14437
• CVE-2019-14438
• CVE-2019-14498
• CVE-2019-14533
• CVE-2019-14534
• CVE-2019-14535
• CVE-2019-14776
• CVE-2019-14777
• CVE-2019-14778
• CVE-2019-14970