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high 7.8

CVE-2019-19721 json

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 c…

published 6y ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2019-9325

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • videolan vlc_media_player 3.0.9
  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.9.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19721

  • vlc Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2
  • vlc Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19721

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vlc Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +10 more 3.0.9.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-19721

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vlc Arch Linux 3.0.8-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1145

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-146-05 updated cvss 7.8

ABB Ability Camera Connect

  • ABB Ability Camera Connect <= 1.5.0.14
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation
  • ABB Ability Camera Connect 1.5.0.15
    fixed

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.gentoo.org https://bugs.gentoo.org/721940 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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