PT-2019-4899 · Videolan+3 · Vlc Media Player+3

Antonio Morales · Published 2019-04-29 · Updated 2020-08-18 · CVE-2019-14438

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VideoLAN VLC media player version 3.0.7.1

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xiph PackHeaders() function, located in modules/demux/xiph.h. This can be triggered by remote attackers using a crafted .ogg file, potentially affecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.

Recommendations For version 3.0.7.1, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version is affected by the heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the xiph PackHeaders() function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-2483

BDU:2020-01494

CVE-2019-14438

DSA-4504-1

MGASA-2019-0233

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0545-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0562-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0545-1

USN-4131-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Vlc Media Player

References · 96

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01492 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14438 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13962 · Security Note
• https://videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14498 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4131-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01497 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0545-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03635 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14534 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13602 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0233 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14498 · Security Note