CVE-2019-19721 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01982.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Videolan Subscribe	Vlc Media Player Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-9325	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6180-1	VLC media player vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL_image/
https://bugs.gentoo.org/721940
https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=72afe7ebd8305bf4f5360293b8621cde52ec506b
https://www.videolan.org/security/

History

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-05-15T17:28:23.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:13:50.379Z

Reserved: 2019-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-19721

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:25:12.227Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-15T18:15:13.277

Modified: 2026-10-08T22:16:51.790

Link: CVE-2019-19721

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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