CVE-2019-12874

CRITICAL

Videolan Vlc Media Player < 3.0.7 - Double Free

Title source: rule

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.

References (8)

[Patch] http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81023659c7de5ac2637b4a879195efef50846102

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108882

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0138

EPSS Percentile 80.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-415

Status published

Affected Products (1)

videolan/vlc_media_player < 3.0.7

Timeline

Published Jun 18, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026