CVE-2019-13962

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.

CVSS 3.1

9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-125

Published

2019-07-18

Modified

2026-10-08

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• canonical:ubuntu_linux
• debian:debian_linux
• opensuse:backports_sle
• opensuse:leap
• videolan:vlc_media_player

References

• 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
• 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

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