Out-of-bounds Read in Videolan Vlc Media Player
CVE-2019-13962
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.037 (89.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.037 · newest: 0.037 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Videolan Vlc Media Player
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 18.04, 19.04
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- openSUSE Backports Sle — versions 15.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- git.videolan.org/
- trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-13962?
- CVE-2019-13962 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-18.
- How severe is CVE-2019-13962?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.