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medium 5.5

CVE-2019-13615 json

libebml 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 Eb…

published 2019-07-16 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5050

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libebml 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.

Patch / fix

  • videolan vlc_media_player 3.0.3
  • libebml Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13615

  • libebml Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1
  • libebml Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.3.5-2ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13615

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libebml Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 1.3.6-r0
  • libebml Alpine 3.7 1.3.5-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-13615

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-146-05 updated cvss 5.5

ABB Ability Camera Connect

  • ABB Ability Camera Connect <= 1.5.0.14
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation
  • ABB Ability Camera Connect 1.5.0.15
    fixed

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-13615 updated cvss 5.5

libebml: could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • trac.videolan.org https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22474 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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