USN-4805-1

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    USN-4805-1

    Published: 15 Mar 2021Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: vlc vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted media files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-10699) It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted MKV files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11529)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4805-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10699, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11529

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vlc?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.0.8-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High