What is CVE-2019-19721?

CVE-2019-19721 is a high-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc_media_player, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-19721?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Videolan Vlc_media_player

CVE-2019-19721

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…

EPSS: 0.019 (77.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Videolan Vlc_media_player
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19721?: CVE-2019-19721 is a high-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc_media_player, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-19721?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.