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USN-4805-1: VLC vulnerabilities

15 March 2021

VLC could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Releases

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)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

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