| Name | CVE-2018-11529 |
| Description | VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.x is prone to a use after free vulnerability which an attacker can leverage to execute arbitrary code via crafted MKV files. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4251-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.2.7-1~deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 3.0.12-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.21-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 3.0.21-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.0.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 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 | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| vlc | source | stretch | 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 | | DSA-4251-1 | |
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 3.0.3-1-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - vlc <end-of-life> (See https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00130.html)
https://github.com/videolan/vlc-3.0/commit/c472668ff873cfe29281822b4548715fb7bb0368
https://github.com/videolan/vlc-3.0/commit/d2dadb37e7acc25ae08df71e563855d6e17b5b42