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CVE-2019-12874

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.23 BB Relevance: 80/100
Published: 2019-06-18 Modified: 2026-11-02 First seen: 2026-11-02 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

An issue was discovered in zlib_decompress_extra in modules/demux/mkv/util.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.x through 3.0.7. The Matroska demuxer, while parsing a malformed MKV file type, has a double free.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
n/a n/a n/a
videolan vlc_media_player 3.0.0 – 3.0.7

References & Advisories (8)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/
vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23
vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108882
vdb-entry x_refsource_BID

Bug Bounty Relevance

80 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10.0 v3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

2.39%
Raw Score 0.023920
Percentile 84.2%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.02392
2026-11-12
0.02392
2026-11-10
0.02392
2026-11-09
0.02392
2026-11-08
0.02392
2026-11-07
0.02392
2026-11-06
0.02392
2026-11-05
0.02392
2026-11-04
0.02392
2026-11-03
0.02392
2026-11-02
0.02392

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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