CVE-2019-12874

CRITICAL

VLC media player 3.0.0-3.0.7 - Double Free in Matroska Demuxer

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108882
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0239
EPSS Percentile 81.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-415
Status published
Products (1)
videolan/vlc_media_player 3.0.0 - 3.0.7
Published Jun 18, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026