CVE-2019-13962
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.7% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-125 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-07-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-10-08 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| opensuse | backports sle |
| opensuse | leap |
| videolan | vlc media player |
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
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