{"id":"USN-6180-1","summary":"vlc vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that VLC could be made to read out of bounds when\ndecoding image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted image\nfile, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause VLC to\ncrash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-19721)\n\nIt was discovered that VLC could be made to write out of bounds when\nprocessing H.264 video files. If a user were tricked into opening a\ncrafted H.264 video file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and \nUbuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-13428)\n\nIt was discovered that VLC could be made to read out of bounds when\nprocessing AVI video files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted\nAVI video file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nVLC to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25801,\nCVE-2021-25802, CVE-2021-25803, CVE-2021-25804)\n\nIt was discovered that the VNC module of VLC contained an arithmetic\noverflow. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted playlist or\nconnecting to a rouge VNC server, a remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41325)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:43:10Z","published":"2023-06-20T19:47:23Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19721","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13428","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25801","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25802","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25803","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25804","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41325"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-19721","CVE-2020-13428","CVE-2021-25801","CVE-2021-25802","CVE-2021-25803","CVE-2021-25804","CVE-2022-41325","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19721","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13428","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25801","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25802","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25803","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25804","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41325"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6180-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19721"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13428"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25801"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25802"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25803"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25804"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41325"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vlc","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/vlc@2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2"}]}],"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"libvlc-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"libvlc5"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"libvlccore-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"libvlccore8"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"vlc"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"vlc-data"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"vlc-nox"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-fluidsynth"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-jack"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-notify"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-samba"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-sdl"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-svg"},{"binary_version":"2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2","binary_name":"vlc-plugin-zvbi"}],"availability":"Available 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