lavc_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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.8 · videolan, opensuse, debianNVD modified 2026-10-08 22:16
Affected (CPE criteria) 9
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 26
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 Broken Link
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 Third Party Advisory
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 Third Party Advisory
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b4f9d0b0e0861f262c90e9b9b94e7d53b864509
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109306 Broken Link
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 Third Party Advisory
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 Third Party Advisory