CVE-2019-14438 — Out-of-bounds Read in VLC Media Player

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Videolan VLC Media PlayerDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 29
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A heap-based buffer over-read in xiph_PackHeaders() in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted .ogg file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 3.0.8-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: git.videolan.org ↗Patch: www.videolan.org ↗Patch: git.videolan.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4xxg-xjxc-prgp: A heap-based buffer over-read in xiph_PackHeaders() in modules/demux/xiph↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-14438: A heap-based buffer over-read in xiph_PackHeaders() in modules/demux/xiph↗2019-08-29
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CVEList
CVE-2019-14438: A heap-based buffer over-read in xiph_PackHeaders() in modules/demux/xiph↗2019-08-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
VLC vulnerabilities↗2019-09-11
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Debian
CVE-2019-14438: vlc - A heap-based buffer over-read in xiph_PackHeaders() in modules/demux/xiph.h in V...↗2019
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