Vigil@nce - VideoLAN VLC: use after free via zlib_decompress_extra
August 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, SLES, Ubuntu, VLC.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 19/06/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force the usage of a freed memory area via
zlib_decompress_extra() of VideoLAN VLC, in order to trigger a
denial of service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VideoLAN-VLC-use-after-free-via-zlib-decompress-extra-29567