CVE-2019-13962 — Out-of-bounds Read in VLC Media Player

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read6 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
3.3%
top 12.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Videolan VLC Media PlayerCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 18
Latest updateMay 24

Description

lavc_CopyPicture in modules/codec/avcodec/video.c in VideoLAN VLC media player through 3.0.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read because it does not properly validate the width and height.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 3.0.8-1+3
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 18.04, 19.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-g38j-rgpp-8873: lavc_CopyPicture in modules/codec/avcodec/video↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-13962: lavc_CopyPicture in modules/codec/avcodec/video↗2019-07-18
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OSV
CVE-2019-13962: lavc_CopyPicture in modules/codec/avcodec/video↗2019-07-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
VLC vulnerabilities↗2019-09-11
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Debian
CVE-2019-13962: vlc - lavc_CopyPicture in modules/codec/avcodec/video.c in VideoLAN VLC media player t...↗2019
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