DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19857

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19857
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19857.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19857
Upstream
Published
2018-12-05T11:29:05Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:34Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The CAF demuxer in modules/demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.4 may read memory from an uninitialized pointer when processing magic cookies in CAF files, because a ReadKukiChunk() cast converts a return value to an unsigned int even if that value is negative. This could result in a denial of service and/or a potential infoleak.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / vlc

Package

Name
vlc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0.4-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / vlc

Package

Name
vlc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0.4-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / vlc

Package

Name
vlc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0.4-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / vlc

Package

Name
vlc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vlc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0.4-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}