CVE-2020-13428 — Out-of-bounds Write in VLC Media Player

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
6.9%
top 8.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Videolan VLC Media PlayerDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 8
Latest updateJun 20

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.11 for macOS/iOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 Annex-B video (.avi for example) file.

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 Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 3.0.11-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
vlc vulnerabilities↗2023-06-20
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GHSA
GHSA-2cf7-9933-4jgc: A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-13428: A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal↗2020-06-08
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CVEList
CVE-2020-13428: A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal↗2020-06-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
VLC media player vulnerabilities↗2023-06-20
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Debian
CVE-2020-13428: vlc - A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in modules/packe...↗2020
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