DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12874

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12874
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12874.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12874
Upstream
Published
2019-06-18T18:15:11.107Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:33.510426Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in zlibdecompressextra 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.

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
3.0.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12874.json"

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
3.0.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12874.json"

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
3.0.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12874.json"

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
3.0.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12874.json"