CVE-2019-12874
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.8
(v3.0)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2019-06-18 18:15:11.107000
Last modified
2026-11-02 18:18:23.943000
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