Vulnerability in Videolan Vlc_media_player

CVE-2018-19857

The CAF demuxer in modules/demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.4 may read memory from an uninitialized pointer when processing magic cookies in CAF files, because a ReadKukiChunk() cast converts a return value to an unsigned int e…

EPSS: 0.039 (89.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19857?
CVE-2018-19857 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc_media_player, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-19857?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.