Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4366-1 vlc -- security update

Date Reported:
12 Jan 2019
Affected Packages:
vlc
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-19857.
More information:

An integer underflow was discovered in the CAF demuxer of the VLC media player.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.6-0+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.

For the detailed security status of vlc please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/vlc