UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19721

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19721

    Published: 15 May 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-19721
    Aliases:
    USN-6180-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19721, http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL_image/, https://bugs.gentoo.org/721940, https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git;a=commit;h=72afe7ebd8305bf4f5360293b8621cde52ec506b, https://www.videolan.org/security/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6180-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19721

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vlc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2

    Affected versions

    2.2.1-3
    2.2.1-5
    2.2.2-1
    2.2.2-2
    2.2.2-3
    2.2.2-3build1
    2.2.2-4
    2.2.2-5
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.2
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.3
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4
    2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm1

    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
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