CVE-2019-12874

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
2.534

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
VLC media player 3.0.7 fixes the vulnerabilities CVE-2019-5439 and CVE-2019-12874Windows
VLC media player (x64) 3.0.7 fixes the vulnerabilities CVE-2019-5439 and CVE-2019-12874Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-12874,CVE-2019-13962 are affected in VLC Media Player (MSI) (x64) 3.0.7Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-12874,CVE-2019-13962 are affected in VLC media player (MSI) 3.0.7Windows
multimedia player and streamer (USN-4074-1) vlc_3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1_i386.debLinux
multimedia player and streamer (USN-4074-1) vlc_3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1_amd64.debLinux
multimedia player and streamer (USN-4074-1) vlc_3.0.7.1-0ubuntu19.04.1_i386.debLinux
multimedia player and streamer (USN-4074-1) vlc_3.0.7.1-0ubuntu19.04.1_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-310701VLC Media Player (3.0.8)
PATCH-310702VLC Media Player (X64) (3.0.8)
PATCH-334048VLC media player (MSI) (x64) (3.0.20.0)
PATCH-334050VLC media player (MSI) (3.0.20.0)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234