CVE-2019-14437

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    CVE-2019-14437

    Published: 29 Aug 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The xiph_SplitHeaders function in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 does not check array bounds properly. As a result, a heap-based buffer over-read can be triggered via a crafted .ogg file.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504, http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019, https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- f3940db4af197ba7218e604dd0a6733654015770
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.0.7.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High