CVE-2019-19721 — Off-by-one Error in VLC Media Player

CWE-193 — Off-by-one ErrorCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedMay 15
Latest updateJun 20

Description

An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image file. NOTE: this may be related to the SDL_Image product.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 3.0.9.2-1+3
▶Ubuntuvideolan/vlc_media_player< 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2+3

Patches

Patch: bugs.gentoo.org ↗Patch: bugs.gentoo.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
vlc vulnerabilities↗2023-06-20
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GHSA
GHSA-2wrf-hf7j-cx32: An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-19721: An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image↗2020-05-15
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CVEList
CVE-2019-19721: An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image↗2020-05-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
VLC media player vulnerabilities↗2023-06-20
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Debian
CVE-2019-19721: vlc - An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c in VideoLAN...↗2019
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