The vulnerability of the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC() function in the Videolan VLC media player allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the hxxxAnnexBtoxVC function in the Videolan VLC media player lies in its ability to write data beyond the buffer in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code during the playback of specially crafted videos...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14437

The xiphSplitHeaders function in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 does not check array bounds properly. As a result, a heap-based buffer over-read can be triggered via a crafted .ogg file...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10699

avcodec 2.2.x, as used in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.7-x before 2017-06-29, allows out-of-bounds heap memory write due to calling memcpy with a wrong size, leading to a denial of service application crash or possibly code execution...