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VideoLAN-SA-1901: Read buffer overflow & double free

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VideoLAN-SA-1901: Read buffer overflow & double free

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/18/2019
Created
06/26/2019
Added
06/25/2019
Modified
06/27/2019

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(s)

  • videolan-vlc-upgrade-3_0_7

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