Security advisory

{
  "id": "11bde0c373550123aa7a68d268198506f1d4dcade038221296b1e200ee283e54",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13428",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-13428",
    "summary": "A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.11 for macOS/iOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 Annex-B video (.avi for example) file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-13428",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-13428",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-13428"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/videolan/vlc-3.0",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "dc0c5ced7230e5660142302c7c1aef6cc14f3564"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.0.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.0.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "dc0c5ced7230e5660142302c7c1aef6cc14f3564"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "3.0.11"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.0.10",
            "3.0.9.2",
            "3.0.9.1",
            "3.0.9",
            "3.0.8",
            "3.0.7.1-1",
            "3.0.7.1",
            "3.0.7",
            "3.0.6",
            "3.0.5-2",
            "3.0.5-1",
            "3.0.5",
            "3.0.4",
            "3.0.3-1",
            "3.0.3",
            "3.0.2",
            "3.0.1",
            "3.0.0-2",
            "3.0.0.1",
            "3.0.0-1",
            "3.0.0",
            "3.0.0-rc8",
            "3.0.0-rc7",
            "3.0.0-rc6",
            "3.0.0-rc5",
            "3.0.0-rc4",
            "3.0.0-rc3",
            "3.0.0-rc2",
            "3.0.0-rc1",
            "3.0.0-git",
            "2.2.0-git",
            "2.1.0-git",
            "1.3.0-git",
            "1.2.0-pre1",
            "1.1.0-pre1",
            "1.1.0-ff",
            "1.0.0-rc1",
            "1.0.0-pre2",
            "1.0.0-pre1",
            "0.9.0",
            "0.9.0-test3",
            "0.9.0-test2",
            "0.9.0-test1",
            "0.9.0-test0",
            "svn-trunk"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-13428.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:13.808790637Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/videolan/vlc-3.0/releases/tag/3.0.11",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4704",
        "https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc3011.html",
        "https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commits/master/modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal.c"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-13428",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382508,
  "published_at": "2020-06-08T19:15:10.58+00:00"
}