{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-6180-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"vlc vulnerabilities\n\nIt was discovered that VLC could be made to read out of bounds when\ndecoding image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted image\nfile, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause VLC to\ncrash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-19721)\n\nIt was discovered that VLC could be made to write out of bounds when\nprocessing H.264 video files. If a user were tricked into opening a\ncrafted H.264 video file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-13428)\n\nIt was discovered that VLC could be made to read out of bounds when\nprocessing AVI video files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted\nAVI video file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nVLC to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25801,\nCVE-2021-25802, CVE-2021-25803, CVE-2021-25804)\n\nIt was discovered that the VNC module of VLC contained an arithmetic\noverflow. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted playlist or\nconnecting to a rouge VNC server, a remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause VLC to crash, leading to a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code. 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