CVE-2019-12874
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 0.90%vlc - security update
Published: 6/18/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12874
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 packages (2)
- Debian/vlcfrom 0, < 3.0.7-1
- Debian/vlcfrom 0, < 3.0.7-0+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |