CVE-2019-13962
criticallavc_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 val…
Vendor / product: Videolan — vlc media player
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
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2019-07-18 20:15
Modified: 2026-10-08 22:16
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
videolan / vlc_media_player ≤3.0.7
opensuse / backports_sle 15.0
opensuse / leap 15.0, 15.1
debian / debian_linux 9.0, 10.0
canonical / ubuntu_linux 18.04, 19.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240
Vendor advisory: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d5... cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html cve@mitre.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 cve@mitre.org
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 cve@mitre.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 cve@mitre.org
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 cve@mitre.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ cve@mitre.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 cve@mitre.org
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d5... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗