Off-by-one Error Affecting videolan package, versions [,3.0.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIDEOLAN-2371191
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 May 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 May 2020

CVE-2019-19721  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade videolan to version 3.0.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Off-by-one Error. An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image file. NOTE: this may be related to the SDL_Image product.

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