CVE-2019-19721

NameCVE-2019-19721
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4671-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vlc (PTS)buster3.0.17.4-0+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)3.0.20-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye3.0.20-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)3.0.20-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie3.0.20-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vlcsourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
vlcsourcestretch3.0.10-0+deb9u1DSA-4671-1
vlcsourcebuster3.0.10-0+deb10u1DSA-4671-1
vlcsource(unstable)3.0.9.2-1

Notes

[jessie] - vlc <end-of-life> (https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00130.html)
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git;a=commit;h=72afe7ebd8305bf4f5360293b8621cde52ec506b (3.0.9)

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