CVE-2019-14438
highA heap-based buffer over-read in xiph_PackHeaders() in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-base…
Vendor / product: Videolan — vlc media player
A heap-based buffer over-read in xiph_PackHeaders() in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted .ogg file.
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.0)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.0 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2019-08-29 18:15
Modified: 2026-11-02 18:18
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
videolan / vlc_media_player 3.0.7.1
debian / debian_linux 9.0, 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html
Vendor advisory: https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html
Patch / mitigation: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019
Patch / mitigation: https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html
Patch / mitigation: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019
Patch / mitigation: https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019 cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html cve@mitre.org
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 cve@mitre.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 cve@mitre.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ cve@mitre.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 cve@mitre.org
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html cve@mitre.org
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster&st=commit&s=cve-2019 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC · record ↗