Upstream information
CVE-2019-12874 at MITRE
Description
An issue was discovered in zlib_decompress_extra in modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.x through 3.0.7. The Matroska demuxer, while parsing a malformed MKV file type, has a double free.
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
CVSS v2 Scores
| CVSS detail |  National Vulnerability Database | 
| Base Score |  7.5 | 
| Vector |  AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | 
| Access Vector |  Network | 
| Access Complexity |  Low | 
| Authentication |  None | 
| Confidentiality Impact |  Partial | 
| Integrity Impact |  Partial | 
| Availability Impact |  Partial | 
CVSS v3 Scores
| CVSS detail |  National Vulnerability Database | 
| Base Score |  9.8 | 
| Vector |  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | 
| Attack Vector |  Network | 
| Attack Complexity |  Low | 
| Privileges Required |  None | 
| User Interaction |  None | 
| Scope |  Unchanged | 
| Confidentiality Impact |  High | 
| Integrity Impact |  High | 
| Availability Impact |  High | 
| CVSSv3 Version |  3 | 
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 
1138933 [RESOLVED / FIXED]
SUSE Security Advisories:
List of released packages
| Product(s) |  Fixed package version(s) |  References | 
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1 |  libvlc5 >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 
 libvlccore9 >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 
 vlc >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 
 vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 
 vlc-devel >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 
 vlc-jack >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 
 vlc-lang >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 
 vlc-noX >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 
 vlc-qt >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 
 vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 
  |  Patchnames:  openSUSE-2019-1897 | 
| SUSE Package Hub 15 |  aom-tools >= 1.0.0-bp150.2.1 
 libaom-devel >= 1.0.0-bp150.2.1 
 libaom-devel-doc >= 1.0.0-bp150.2.1 
 libaom0 >= 1.0.0-bp150.2.1 
 libaom0-64bit >= 1.0.0-bp150.2.1 
 libvlc5 >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1 
 libvlccore9 >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1 
 vlc >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1 
 vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1 
 vlc-devel >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1 
 vlc-jack >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1 
 vlc-lang >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1 
 vlc-noX >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1 
 vlc-qt >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1 
 vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1 
  |  Patchnames:  openSUSE-2019-2015 | 
| openSUSE Leap 15.0 |  aom-tools >= 1.0.0-lp150.2.1 
 libaom-devel >= 1.0.0-lp150.2.1 
 libaom-devel-doc >= 1.0.0-lp150.2.1 
 libaom0 >= 1.0.0-lp150.2.1 
 libvlc5 >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1 
 libvlccore9 >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1 
 vlc >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1 
 vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1 
 vlc-devel >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1 
 vlc-jack >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1 
 vlc-lang >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1 
 vlc-noX >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1 
 vlc-qt >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1 
 vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1 
  |  Patchnames:  openSUSE-2019-1909 | 
| openSUSE Leap 15.1 |  libvlc5 >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 
 libvlccore9 >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 
 vlc >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 
 vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 
 vlc-devel >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 
 vlc-jack >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 
 vlc-lang >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 
 vlc-noX >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 
 vlc-qt >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 
 vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 
  |  Patchnames:  openSUSE-2019-1840 | 
| openSUSE Leap 15.2 |  libvlc5 >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3 
 libvlccore9 >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3 
 vlc >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3 
 vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3 
 vlc-lang >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3 
 vlc-noX >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3 
 vlc-qt >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3 
 vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3 
  |  Patchnames:  openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA libvlc5-3.0.10-lp152.1.1 | 
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 |  libvlc5 >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1 
 libvlccore9 >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1 
 vlc >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1 
 vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1 
 vlc-lang >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1 
 vlc-noX >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1 
 vlc-qt >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1 
 vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1 
  |  Patchnames:  openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA libvlc5-3.0.13-bp153.1.1 | 
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 |  libvlc5 >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49 
 libvlccore9 >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49 
 vlc >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49 
 vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49 
 vlc-lang >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49 
 vlc-noX >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49 
 vlc-qt >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49 
 vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49 
  |  Patchnames:  openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA libvlc5-3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49 | 
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jun 18 22:40:32 2019
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct  6 19:21:48 2025