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CVE-2019-14437

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The xiph_SplitHeaders 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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• VideoLAN VLC: 3.0.7.1

References

• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504
• https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36

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