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CVE-2019-12874
published 2019-06-18

CVE-2019-12874: 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…

PriorityP341critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
2.39%
81.9th percentile
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.

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianvlc< vlc 3.0.7-1 (bookworm)vlc 3.0.7-1 (bookworm)
videolanvlc_media_player>= 0 < 3.0.7-13.0.7-1
videolanvlc_media_player>= 0 < 3.0.7-13.0.7-1
videolanvlc_media_player>= 0 < 3.0.7-13.0.7-1
videolanvlc_media_player>= 0 < 3.0.7-13.0.7-1
videolanvlc_media_player>= 0 < 3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.13.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1
videolanvlc_media_player3.0.0 – 3.0.7

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.1CRITICAL
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