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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-5439: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-5439: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/13/2019
Created
08/20/2019
Added
08/19/2019
Modified
08/19/2019

Description

A Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player < 3.0.7 causes a crash which can possibly be further developed into a remote code execution exploit.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-video-vlc

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