The xiphSplitHeaders function in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 does not check array bounds properly.
CVE-2019-14437
The xiphSplitHeaders function in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 does not check array bounds properly. As a result, a heap-based buffer over-read can be triggered via a crafted .ogg file.
Assessment
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Severity
- Unscored
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 29 August 2019
- Last updated
- 2 November 2026
- Assigner
- mitre
At the source
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
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