MGASA-2013-0241

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    MGASA-2013-0241

    Published: 9 Aug 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-3565

    Summary: Updated vlc package fixes security vulnerability.

    Details: 2.0.8 Demux: * sgimb: use after free (fixes #8724 https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/8724 ) * Improve resistance and checking against malformed MKV files (Check element size before reading it. This should avoid integer overflows inside the libebml causing heap buffer overflow. Since new called by the lib is limited to SIZE_MAX bytes.) Access: * qtsound: fix crash when freeing memory 2.0.7 Input: * Fix memory exhaustion vulnerability when playing specifically crafted playlist files. (stream_ReadLine: correctly return an error on overflow fixes #7361 https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/7361 ) HTTP Interface: * lua http: Fix two xss vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-3565)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0241.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10902

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/vlc?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.8-0.2.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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