UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12874

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12874

    Published: 18 Jun 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-12874
    Aliases:
    USN-4074-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12874, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4074-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12874

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.2.1-3
    2.2.1-5
    2.2.2-1
    2.2.2-2
    2.2.2-3
    2.2.2-3build1
    2.2.2-4
    2.2.2-5
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.2
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm3
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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