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FreeBSD: VID-795442E7-C355-11E9-8224-5404A68AD561 (CVE-2019-14437): vlc -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-795442E7-C355-11E9-8224-5404A68AD561 (CVE-2019-14437): vlc -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/14/2019
Created
08/22/2019
Added
08/21/2019
Modified
09/17/2019

Description

Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.

From VID-795442E7-C355-11E9-8224-5404A68AD561:

The VLC project reports:

Security:

* Fix a buffer overflow in the MKV demuxer (CVE-2019-14970)

* Fix a read buffer overflow in the avcodec decoder (CVE-2019-13962)

* Fix a read buffer overflow in the FAAD decoder

* Fix a read buffer overflow in the OGG demuxer (CVE-2019-14437, CVE-2019-14438)

* Fix a read buffer overflow in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14776)

* Fix a use after free in the MKV demuxer (CVE-2019-14777, CVE-2019-14778)

* Fix a use after free in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14533)

* Fix a couple of integer underflows in the MP4 demuxer (CVE-2019-13602)

* Fix a null dereference in the dvdnav demuxer

* Fix a null dereference in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14534)

* Fix a null dereference in the AVI demuxer

* Fix a division by zero in the CAF demuxer (CVE-2019-14498)

* Fix a division by zero in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14535)

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-vlc

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