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Critical 9.8Published Jul 18, 2019
CVE-2019-13962lavc_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.
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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.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
videolan vlc_media_player videolan:vlc_media_player | through 3.0.7 | NVD |
opensuse backports_sle opensuse:backports_sle | 15.0; 15.0 | NVD |
opensuse leap opensuse:leap | 15.0; 15.1 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 9.0; 10.0 | NVD |
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux | 18.04; 19.04 | NVD |
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509x-refsource-misc
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240x-refsource-misc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36mailing-list, x-refsource-bugtraq
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02vendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
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