vlc crashes computer on short mp4 file

Bug #1988695 reported by whitis
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Bug Description

dd if=big_buck_bunny_720p_10mb.mp4 of=/tmp/junk.mp4 of=/tmp/junk.mp4 bs=1M count=1
vlc /tmp/junk.mp4

VLC opens, takes up entire screen, minimize and close buttons are inoperable, can't switch to terminal window, can't switch screens, have to hit the physical reset switch.
Reproduced twice.
Xine does not crash.

was testing ability to play incomplete video files.

 inxi -F
System: Host: cervantes Kernel: 5.4.0-124-generic x86_64 bits: 64
           Desktop: Gnome 3.28.4 Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
Machine: Device: desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Crosshair IV Formula v: Rev 1.xx serial: N/A
           BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3029 date: 10/09/2012
CPU: 6 core AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           clock speeds: max: 3200 MHz 1: 2338 MHz 2: 1541 MHz 3: 2707 MHz
           4: 2370 MHz 5: 1882 MHz 6: 2989 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cayman PRO [Radeon HD 6950]
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.20.8 ) driver: radeon
           Resolution: 3840x2160@30.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD CAYMAN (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.0-124-generic, LLVM 9.0.0)
           version: 4.3 Mesa 19.2.8
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cayman/Antilles HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6930/6950/6970/6990]
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-3 Logitech HD Webcam C910 driver: USB Audio
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k5.4.0-124-generic
Network: Card: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controller with AVB]
           driver: sky2
           IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: f4:6d:04:2c:08:12
Drives: HDD Total Size: 4008.8GB (17.0% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD40EFRX size: 4000.8GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdg model: Cruzer size: 8.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 3.5T used: 609G (18%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
           ID-2: /boot size: 1.9G used: 226M (13%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 24.58GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
           fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0C mobo: 43.0C gpu: 67.5
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 494 Uptime: 17 min Memory: 3612.2/16007.3MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.56

 inxi -F
System: Host: cervantes Kernel: 5.4.0-124-generic x86_64 bits: 64
           Desktop: Gnome 3.28.4 Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
Machine: Device: desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Crosshair IV Formula v: Rev 1.xx serial: N/A
           BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3029 date: 10/09/2012
CPU: 6 core AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           clock speeds: max: 3200 MHz 1: 2338 MHz 2: 1541 MHz 3: 2707 MHz
           4: 2370 MHz 5: 1882 MHz 6: 2989 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cayman PRO [Radeon HD 6950]
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.20.8 ) driver: radeon
           Resolution: 3840x2160@30.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD CAYMAN (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.0-124-generic, LLVM 9.0.0)
           version: 4.3 Mesa 19.2.8
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cayman/Antilles HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6930/6950/6970/6990]
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-3 Logitech HD Webcam C910 driver: USB Audio
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k5.4.0-124-generic
Network: Card: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controller with AVB]
           driver: sky2
           IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: f4:6d:04:2c:08:12
Drives: HDD Total Size: 4008.8GB (17.0% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD40EFRX size: 4000.8GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdg model: Cruzer size: 8.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 3.5T used: 609G (18%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
           ID-2: /boot size: 1.9G used: 226M (13%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 24.58GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
           fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0C mobo: 43.0C gpu: 67.5
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 494 Uptime: 17 min Memory: 3612.2/16007.3MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.56

dpkg -l vlc
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii vlc 3.0.8-0ubunt amd64 multimedia player and streamer

ldd /usr/bin/vlc
 linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffa45d0000)
 libvlc.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvlc.so.5 (0x00007fb32488a000)
 libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fb32466b000)
 libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fb324467000)
 libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fb324076000)
 libvlccore.so.9 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvlccore.so.9 (0x00007fb323d66000)
 libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fb3239c8000)
 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fb324cb4000)
 libidn.so.11 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn.so.11 (0x00007fb323795000)
 libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007fb323548000)
 libsystemd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007fb3232c4000)
 librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fb3230bc000)
 liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fb322e96000)
 liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007fb322c7a000)
 libgcrypt.so.20 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007fb32295e000)
 libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007fb322749000)

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Paul White (paulw2u)
affects: ubuntu → vlc (Ubuntu)
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