CVE-2019-13962

NameCVE-2019-13962
Descriptionlavc_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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4504-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vlc (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.2.7-1~deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (security)3.0.12-0+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch3.0.21-0+deb9u1fixed
buster, buster (lts)3.0.21-0+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)3.0.20-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye3.0.21-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm3.0.21-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie3.0.21-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vlcsourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
vlcsourcestretch3.0.8-0+deb9u1DSA-4504-1
vlcsourcebuster3.0.8-0+deb10u1DSA-4504-1
vlcsource(unstable)3.0.8-1low

Notes

[jessie] - vlc <end-of-life> (https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00130.html)
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git;a=commit;h=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240
https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html

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