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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-12874 · published 18 June 2019

CVE-2019-12874: Videolan vlc media player double free vulnerability

Videolan · Vlc Media Player

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 2.4% · top 16.7% CWE-415 · Double free
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 7.5
2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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/

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