VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-12874
An issue was discovered in zlib_decompress_extra in modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.x through 3.0.7.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.39%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in zlib_decompress_extra 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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.39% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- videolan/vlc media player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81023659c7de5ac2637b4a879195efef50846102
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108882
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81023659c7de5ac2637b4a879195efef50846102
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108882
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.