CVE-2019-12874

Published: Jun 18, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Videolan: Vlc Media Player

Videolan

1 product

Vlc Media Player

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Videolan Vlc Media Player	From 3.0.0 to 3.0.7

Related CWEs

CWE-415

Double Free

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

References (16)

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108882

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

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