USN-6180-1

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    USN-6180-1

    Published: 20 Jun 2023Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: vlc vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that VLC could be made to read out of bounds when decoding image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-19721) It was discovered that VLC could be made to write out of bounds when processing H.264 video files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted H.264 video file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-13428) It was discovered that VLC could be made to read out of bounds when processing AVI video files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted AVI video file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25801, CVE-2021-25802, CVE-2021-25803, CVE-2021-25804) It was discovered that the VNC module of VLC contained an arithmetic overflow. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted playlist or connecting to a rouge VNC server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41325)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6180-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19721, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13428, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25801, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25802, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25803, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25804, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41325

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vlc?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2

    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

    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
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