A NULL-pointer dereference in Open in avi.c of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 can a denial of service (DOS) in the application.
Weakness
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vlc_media_player | Videolan | 3.0.11 (including) | 3.0.11 (including) |
| Vlc | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Vlc | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| Vlc | Ubuntu | esm-apps/focal | * |
| Vlc | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Vlc | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Vlc | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Vlc | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Vlc | Ubuntu | xenial | * |