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<glsa id="202101-37">
  <title>VLC: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow in VLC might allow remote attacker(s) to execute
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">vlc</product>
  <announced>2021-01-29</announced>
  <revised count="1">2021-01-29</revised>
  <bug>765040</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/vlc" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.0.12.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.0.12.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>VLC was found to have a buffer overflow when handling crafted MKV files.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted MKV
      file using VLC possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/vlc-3.0.12.1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26664">CVE-2020-26664</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-01-28T02:32:59Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-01-29T00:04:09Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>
