Integer underflow in VLC Media Player - CVE-2019-13602
Published: July 18, 2019 / Updated: July 18, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19245
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13602
CWE-ID: CWE-191
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VideoLAN
Affected software:
VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attacks on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the "MP4_EIA608_Convert()" function in the "modules/demux/mp4/mp4.c" file. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted .mp4 file, trigger integer underflow and crash the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13602
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.