usn-4805-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-03-15 21:33
Modified
2026-06-29 10:52
Summary
vlc vulnerabilities
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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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted media files. An\nattacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash)\nor possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.\n(CVE-2017-10699)\n\nIt was discovered that VLC mishandled certain crafted MKV files. An\nattacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash)\nor possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11529)\n",
  "id": "USN-4805-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:49Z",
  "published": "2021-03-15T21:33:15Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4805-1"
    },
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    }
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11529"
  ]
}



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