http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118586 Bug ID: 1118586 Summary: VUL-1: CVE-2018-19857: vlc: denial of service and/or a potential infoleak when processing magic cookies in CAF files via read memory from an uninitialized pointer Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.0 Hardware: Other URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/220264/ OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: X11 Applications Assignee: dimstar@opensuse.org Reporter: abergmann@suse.com QA Contact: security-team@suse.de Found By: Security Response Team Blocker: --- CVE-2018-19857 The CAF demuxer in modules/demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.4 may read memory from an uninitialized pointer when processing magic cookies in CAF files, because a ReadKukiChunk() cast converts a return value to an unsigned int even if that value is negative. This could result in a denial of service and/or a potential infoleak. References: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-19857 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19857 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.