| Name | CVE-2021-25802 |
| Description | A buffer overflow vulnerability in the AVI_ExtractSubtitle component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 allows attackers to cause an out-of-bounds read via a crafted .avi file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2728-1, DSA-4834-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | bullseye, bullseye (security) | 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.0.21-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.0.21-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vlc | source | stretch | 3.0.11-0+deb9u2 | | DLA-2728-1 | |
| vlc | source | buster | 3.0.12-0+deb10u1 | | DSA-4834-1 | |
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 3.0.12-1 | | | |
Notes
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-3.0/-/commit/0660acc3ab64d2c3ad99cae887a438f0648faa72 (v3.0.12)