9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2019-13962
VLC Media Player Heap Buffer Over-Read
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 18, 2019, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:04 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-13962 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opensuse leap
2 Opensuse backports_sle
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Videolan vlc_media_player
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-13962.

URL Resource
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 Broken Link
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 Third Party Advisory
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-13962 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-13962 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git;a=commit;h=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-125 CWE-125 CWE-20
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git;a=commit;h=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509 No Types Assigned http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git;a=commit;h=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 No Types Assigned https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.0.7
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-13962 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-13962 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.69 }} -0.22%

score

0.80280

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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Attack Complexity
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Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
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