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Ubuntu: USN-6180-1 (CVE-2019-19721): VLC media player vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-6180-1 (CVE-2019-19721): VLC media player vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/15/2020
Created
06/21/2023
Added
06/21/2023
Modified
11/15/2024

Description

An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image file. NOTE: this may be related to the SDL_Image product.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-vlc-plugin-access-extra

References

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