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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-14437: vlc Multiple vulnerabilities

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-14437: vlc Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/29/2019
Created
12/18/2019
Added
11/08/2019
Modified
12/04/2019

Description

The xiph_SplitHeaders function in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 does not check array bounds properly. As a result, a heap-based buffer over-read can be triggered via a crafted .ogg file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-vlc

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