#VU19981 Double Free in VLC Media Player - CVE-2019-5460 

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#VU19981 Double Free in VLC Media Player - CVE-2019-5460

Published: August 8, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19981
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5460
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
VLC Media Player
Software vendor:
VideoLAN

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing media files in the modules/codec/faad.c file. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted media file, trigger double free error and crash the application.

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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