CVE-2019-19721An 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 i…
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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 the SDL_Image product.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 | before 3.0.9 | NVD |
References
- https://www.videolan.org/security/x-refsource-misc
- http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL_image/x-refsource-misc
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/721940x-refsource-misc
- https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=72afe7ebd8305bf4f5360293b8621cde52ec506bx-refsource-misc
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