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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-13962 json

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 d…

published 2019-07-18 7 y ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also EUVD-2019-5228

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13962

  • vlc Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13962

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

  • vlc openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0.16-1.5
  • vlc Package Hub 15 SP1 3.0.9.2-bp151.5.6.1
  • vlc openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.0.9.2-lp151.6.6.1
  • vlc Package Hub 15 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1
  • libaom Package Hub 15 1.0.0-bp150.2.1
  • vlc openSUSE Leap 15.0 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1
  • libaom openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.0.0-lp150.2.1
  • vlc Package Hub 15 SP1 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11502-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0562-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0545-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2015-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1909-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1897-1

  • vlc Alpine 3.10 3.0.8-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-13962

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 9.8

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
31 d ago

Exploit prediction

3.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • trac.videolan.org https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.