CVE-2019-19721

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-19721
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-15 18:15:13 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 22:16:51 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.019900000 probability, percentile 0.800660000 (date 2026-10-11)

Problem Types: CWE-193 | CWE-787 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
721940 – (CVE-2019-19721, VideoLAN-SB-VLC-309) <media-video/vlc-3.0.10: out of bound read (VideoLAN-SB-VLC-309) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.videolan.org Git - vlc/vlc-3.0.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.videolan.org
GitHub - libsdl-org/SDL_image: Image decoding for many popular formats for Simple Directmedia Layer. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.libsdl.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
VideoLAN Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.videolan.org Vendor Advisory
git.videolan.org Git - vlc/vlc-3.0.git/commit MITRE git.videolan.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199556 Ubuntu Security Notification for VLC media player Vulnerabilities (USN-6180-1)
  • 501270 Alpine Linux Security Update for vlc
  • 505489 Alpine Linux Security Update for vlc

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