CVE-2019-13615

Summary

CVECVE-2019-13615
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-16 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
Descriptionlibebml before 1.3.6, as used in the MKV module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player binaries before 3.0.3, has a heap-based buffer over-read in EbmlElement::FindNextElement.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player All All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Check the max size to read before actually reading · Matroska-Org/libebml@05beb69 · GitHub MISC github.com
#22474 (heap-buffer-overflow on demux_sys_t::FreeUnused) – VLC MISC trac.videolan.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
USN-4073-1: libEBML vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Comparing release-1.3.5...release-1.3.6 · Matroska-Org/libebml · GitHub MISC github.com
Exit the max size loop when there's nothing left possible to find · Matroska-Org/libebml@b66ca47 · GitHub MISC github.com
VideoLAN VLC CVE-2019-13615 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501033 Alpine Linux Security Update for libebml
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