SB2019071602 - Denial of service in VideoLAN VLC Media Player
Published: July 16, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019071602
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13615)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in EbmlElement::FindNextElement. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109304
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/05beb69ba60acce09f73ed491bb76f332849c3a0
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/b66ca475be967547af9a3784e720fbbacd381be6
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/compare/release-1.3.5...release-1.3.6
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22474
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4073-1/