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HistoryMar 15, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

VLC vulnerabilities

2021-03-1500:00:00
ubuntu.com
25
vlc media player
ubuntu 14.04 esm
ubuntu 16.04 esm
crafted media files
denial of service
arbitrary code
cve-2017-10699
cve-2018-11529
mkv files

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.85

Percentile

98.5%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • vlc - multimedia player and streamer

Details

It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted media files. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
(CVE-2017-10699)

It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted MKV files. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11529)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu16.04noarchvlc-plugin-notify< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibvlc-dev< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibvlc5< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibvlc5-dbgsym< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibvlccore-dev< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibvlccore8< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibvlccore8-dbgsym< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchvlc< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchvlc-data< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchvlc-dbgsym< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4UNKNOWN
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CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.85

Percentile

98.5%