USN-4131-1: VLC vulnerabilities

It was discovered that VLC incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

GLSA-201909-02 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201909-02 VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details...

VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. Workaround There is no known...

Insights and Tips on Video Compression using VLC

By Owais Sultan Video compression is a technique of converting a video into a smaller sized file compared to the original video by erasing repetitive and non-functional content of the source video file. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Insights and Tips on Video Compressio...

MGASA-2019-0233 Updated vlc packages fixes security vulnerabilities

Updated vlc packages fixes security vulnerabilities: Multiple security issues were discovered in the VLC media player, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service if a malformed file/stream is processed CVE-2019-13602, CVE-2019-13962, CVE-2019-14437, CVE-2019-14438,...

Updated vlc packages fixes security vulnerabilities

Updated vlc packages fixes security vulnerabilities: Multiple security issues were discovered in the VLC media player, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service if a malformed file/stream is processed CVE-2019-13602, CVE-2019-13962, CVE-2019-14437, CVE-2019-14438,...

CVE-2019-14970

A vulnerability in mkv::eventthreadt in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file...

CVE-2019-14776

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in DemuxInit in demux/asf/asf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 via a crafted .mkv file...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14778

The mkv::virtualsegmentc::seek method of demux/mkv/virtualsegment.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free...

CVE-2019-14776

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in DemuxInit in demux/asf/asf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 via a crafted .mkv file...

CVE-2019-14778

The mkv::virtualsegmentc::seek method of demux/mkv/virtualsegment.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free...

CVE-2019-14534

In VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function SeekPercent of demux/asf/asf.c that will lead to a denial of service attack...

CVE-2019-14533

The Control function of demux/asf/asf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14776

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in DemuxInit in demux/asf/asf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 via a crafted .mkv file...

CVE-2019-14777

The Control function of demux/mkv/mkv.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14777

The Control function of demux/mkv/mkv.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free...

CVE-2019-14534

In VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function SeekPercent of demux/asf/asf.c that will lead to a denial of service attack...

CVE-2019-14778

The mkv::virtualsegmentc::seek method of demux/mkv/virtualsegment.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14533

The Control function of demux/asf/asf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free...

CVE-2019-14970

A vulnerability in mkv::eventthreadt in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file...