CVE-2019-14437
N/A
Published: August 29, 2019 at 05:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:18 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxVLC media player
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The xiph_SplitHeaders function in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 does not check array bounds properly. As a result, a heap-based buffer over-read can be triggered via a crafted .ogg file.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125CWE-129
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