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Ubuntu: USN-4131-1 (CVE-2019-14498): VLC vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 14, 2019
Added
Sep 12, 2019
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

A divide-by-zero error exists in the Control function of demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1. As a result, an FPE can be triggered via a crafted CAF file.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-vlc
Title
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