{"cve":"CVE-2018-19857","nvd":{"published":"2018-12-05T11:29:05.827","modified":"2026-10-15T18:17:18.027","status":"Modified","description":"The CAF demuxer in modules/demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.4 may read memory from an uninitialized pointer when processing magic cookies in CAF files, because a ReadKukiChunk() cast converts a return value to an unsigned int even if that value is negative. This could result in a denial of service and/or a potential infoleak.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-824"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106130"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","videolan:vlc_media_player"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:54:36.112582389+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-19857","score":0.03916,"percentile":0.90237,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}