USN-3988-1: MediaInfoLib vulnerabilities
16 May 2019
MediaInfoLib could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- libmediainfo - library reading metadata from media files
Details
It was discovered that MediaInfoLib contained multiple security issues when
handling certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted multimedia file, an attacker could cause MediaInfoLib to crash, resulting
in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4859-1: python-mediainfodll, python3-mediainfodll, libmediainfo0v5, libmediainfo, libmediainfo-doc, libmediainfo0, libmediainfo-dev