Out-of-bounds read in VLC Media Player - CVE-2019-13615
Published: August 8, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19986
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-2019-13615
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in EbmlElement::FindNextElement. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13615
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109304
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/05beb69ba60acce09f73ed491bb76f332849c3a0
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/b66ca475be967547af9a3784e720fbbacd381be6
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/compare/release-1.3.5...release-1.3.6
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22474
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4073-1/