{"id":"USN-4131-1","summary":"vlc vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that VLC incorrectly handled certain media files. If a\nuser were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker\ncould use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of\nservice, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:38Z","published":"2019-09-11T17:11:04Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13962","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14437","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14438","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14498","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14533","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14534","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14535","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14776","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14777","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14778","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14970"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-13962","CVE-2019-14437","CVE-2019-14438","CVE-2019-14498","CVE-2019-14533","CVE-2019-14534","CVE-2019-14535","CVE-2019-14776","CVE-2019-14777","CVE-2019-14778","CVE-2019-14970","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13962","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14437","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14438","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14498","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14533","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14534","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14535","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14776","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14777","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14778","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14970"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4131-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13962"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14437"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14438"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14498"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14533"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14534"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14535"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14776"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14777"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14778"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14970"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/vlc@3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1"}]}],"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","3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"libvlc-bin"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"libvlc-dev"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"libvlc5"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"libvlccore-dev"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"libvlccore9"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-bin"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-data"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-l10n"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-access-extra"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-base"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-fluidsynth"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-jack"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-notify"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-qt"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-samba"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-skins2"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-svg"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-video-output"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-video-splitter"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-visualization"},{"binary_version":"3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-zvbi"}],"availability":"No 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