| Name | CVE-2020-26664 |
| Description | A vulnerability in EbmlTypeDispatcher::send in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.11 allows attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4834-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
| Debian Bugs | 979676 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | stretch | 3.0.11-0+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 3.0.11-0+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster, buster (security) | 3.0.12-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, sid, bullseye | 3.0.16-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vlc | source | buster | 3.0.12-0+deb10u1 | | DSA-4834-1 | |
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 3.0.12-1 | low | | 979676 |
Notes
[stretch] - vlc <postponed> (Minor issue, wait for next LTS release)
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-3.0/-/commit/ec1f55ee9ace5cc675395a1bc9700d99679e7e8c (3.0.12)
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/henices/db11664dd45b9f322f8514d182aef5ea/raw/d56940c8bf211992bf4f3309a85bb2b69383e511/CVE-2020-26664.txt