CVE-2019-13962

high-risk
Published 2019-07-18

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.

Do I need to act?

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3.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Affected Vendors

Debian Canonical Videolan Opensuse

References (26)

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e...
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
Exploit https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e...
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
and 6 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 15/34 · Moderate