vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4074-1 (CVE-2019-12874): VLC vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jun 18, 2019 | Jul 26, 2019 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 18, 2019
Added
Jul 26, 2019
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-vlc
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