| Name | CVE-2018-11516 |
| Description | The vlc_demux_chained_Delete function in input/demux_chained.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .swf file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | buster | 3.0.17.4-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.0.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.20-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.0.20-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 3.0.20-1 | fixed |
| sid | 3.0.20-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vlc | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| vlc | source | stretch | 3.0.2-0+deb9u1 | | | |
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 3.0.2-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - vlc <not-affected> (Only affects 3.x)
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commit;h=33dcfcf41340c27b6f8183fdb35b129282a79bd8
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1801.html