Security advisory

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  "id": "9b7fb9db5384474ff1c5da72f713c87d5ee2eb58575e20a6848a968b01e1844e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13962",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-13962",
    "summary": "lavc_CopyPicture in modules/codec/avcodec/video.c in VideoLAN VLC media player through 3.0.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read because it does not properly validate the width and height.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-13962",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-13962",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-13962"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/videolan/vlc-3.0",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "86cee310996569c2ee419a457107141ac472536b"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "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-2019-13962.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:34.102479716Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504",
        "https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22240"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
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              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "18.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "19.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "19.04"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
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                    "introduced": "9.0"
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                  {
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                    "introduced": "10.0"
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          },
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              "cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:backports_sle",
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              {
                "range": [
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                    "introduced": "15.0-NA"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.0-NA"
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                  {
                    "introduced": "15.0-sp1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.0-sp1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.1"
                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-13962",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433445,
  "published_at": "2019-07-18T20:15:12.163+00:00"
}