VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201908-23

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

Package	media-video/vlc on all architectures
Affected versions	< 3.0.7
Unaffected versions	>= 3.0.7

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

Remote attackers, by enticing a user to execute a specially crafted media file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-3.0.7"

References

CVE-2019-12874
CVE-2019-5439

Release date
August 18, 2019

Latest revision
August 18, 2019: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

Bugzilla entries

688642