{"id":"USN-4074-1","summary":"vlc vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that the VLC CAF demuxer incorrectly handled certain\nfiles. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted CAF file, a\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2018-19857)\n\nIt was discovered that the VLC Matroska demuxer incorrectly handled certain\nfiles. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted MKV file, a\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12874)\n\nIt was discovered that the VLC MP4 demuxer incorrectly handled certain\nfiles. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted MP4 file, a\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13602)\n\nIt was discovered that the VLC AVI demuxer incorrectly handled certain\nfiles. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted AVI file, a\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5439)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:35Z","published":"2019-07-25T11:57:08Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19857","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12874","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13602","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5439"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-19857","CVE-2019-12874","CVE-2019-13602","CVE-2019-5439","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19857","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12874","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13602","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5439"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4074-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19857"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5439"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12874"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13602"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/vlc@3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2.2.6-6","2.2.6-6build1","2.2.7-1","2.2.8-1","2.2.8-1ubuntu4","2.2.8-2","3.0.0~rc1-1ubuntu1","3.0.0~rc1-1ubuntu3","3.0.0~rc2-1ubuntu1","3.0.0~rc2-2ubuntu1","3.0.0~rc2-2ubuntu2","3.0.0~rc4-1ubuntu1","3.0.0~rc7-2ubuntu1","3.0.0~rc8-1ubuntu1","3.0.0-1ubuntu1","3.0.1-1ubuntu5","3.0.1-2ubuntu1","3.0.1-2ubuntu2","3.0.1-3","3.0.1-3build1","3.0.2-0ubuntu0.1","3.0.3-1-1ubuntu1","3.0.4-1ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libvlc-bin","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libvlc-dev","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libvlc5","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libvlccore-dev","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libvlccore9","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-bin","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-data","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-l10n","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-access-extra","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-base","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-fluidsynth","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-jack","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-notify","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-qt","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-samba","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-skins2","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-svg","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-video-output","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-video-splitter","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-visualization","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"vlc-plugin-zvbi","binary_version":"3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4074-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-19857","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2019-5439","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2019-12874","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2019-13602","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}