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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2021-25804 EUVD-2021-12687GHSA-qpmj-gfg7-c4vm

A NULL-pointer dereference in "Open" in avi.c of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 can a denial of service (DOS) in the application.

Published Jul 26, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: vlc Package: vlc Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

A NULL-pointer dereference in "Open" in avi.c of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 can a denial of service (DOS) in the application.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 vlc 3.0.12-1 —
Debian 13 vlc 3.0.12-1 —
Debian 12 vlc 3.0.12-1 —
Debian 10 vlc 3.0.12-0+deb10u1 DSA-4834-1
Debian 9 vlc 3.0.11-0+deb9u2 DLA-2728-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS vlc 3.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-6180-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS vlc 3.0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-6180-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS vlc 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm1 USN-6180-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS vlc 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2 USN-6180-1

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GitHub 1 repository

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Advisories 4

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