Multiple vulnerabilities in VLC media player

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VLC media player. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial of service, bypass security restrictions.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

1. Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in VLC media player can be exploited to cause denial of service;
2. Double free vulnerability in VLC media player can be exploited to bypass security restrictions.

Original advisories

• Security Advisory 1901

Related products

• VLC-media-player

CVE list

• CVE-2019-5439
  warning
• CVE-2019-12874
  critical

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