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Ubuntu: USN-4131-1 (CVE-2019-14438): VLC vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4131-1 (CVE-2019-14438): VLC vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/14/2019
Created
09/14/2019
Added
09/12/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A heap-based buffer over-read in xiph_PackHeaders() in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted .ogg file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-vlc

References

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