CVE Catalog

CVE-2019-19721

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.99%

80th percentile - higher than 80% of all known CVEs

Summary

An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c in VLC media player before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image file. This may be related to the SDL_Image product.

Risk Assessment

Risk of VLC application crash or potential code execution when opening a malicious image file, potentially disrupting services.

Recommendation

Update VLC media player to version 3.0.9 or later, which includes the fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image file. NOTE: this may be related to the SDL_Image product.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS