USN-4074-1

It was discovered that the VLC CAF demuxer incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted CAF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-19857)

It was discovered that the VLC Matroska demuxer incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted MKV file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12874)

It was discovered that the VLC MP4 demuxer incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted MP4 file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13602)

It was discovered that the VLC AVI demuxer incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted AVI file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5439)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / vlc

Package

Name: vlc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vlc@3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.2.6-6

2.2.6-6build1

2.2.7-1

2.2.8-1

2.2.8-1ubuntu4

2.2.8-2

3.*

3.0.0~rc1-1ubuntu1

3.0.0~rc1-1ubuntu3

3.0.0~rc2-1ubuntu1

3.0.0~rc2-2ubuntu1

3.0.0~rc2-2ubuntu2

3.0.0~rc4-1ubuntu1

3.0.0~rc7-2ubuntu1

3.0.0~rc8-1ubuntu1

3.0.0-1ubuntu1

3.0.1-1ubuntu5

3.0.1-2ubuntu1

3.0.1-2ubuntu2

3.0.1-3

3.0.1-3build1

3.0.2-0ubuntu0.1

3.0.3-1-1ubuntu1

3.0.4-1ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlc-bin",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlc-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlc5",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlccore-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvlccore9",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-bin",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-data",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-l10n",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-access-extra",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-base",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-fluidsynth",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-jack",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-notify",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-qt",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-samba",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-skins2",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-svg",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-video-output",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-video-splitter",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-visualization",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vlc-plugin-zvbi",
            "binary_version": "3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-19857",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-5439",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-12874",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-13602",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}