Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 18, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-12874
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.
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Affected products
8- VideoLAN/VLC media playerdescription
- Range: 3.x through 3.0.7
- osv-coords6 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libaom&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/vlc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/vlc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/libaom&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015pkg:rpm/suse/vlc&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015pkg:rpm/suse/vlc&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1
< 1.0.0-lp150.2.1+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.0-lp150.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.0-bp150.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3
Patches
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References
8- git.videolan.orgnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/108882nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/nvd
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