Security advisory

{
  "id": "a25cef9336e8d83102897346c43b03e5dfcdb23cb250213b7cef67e155b0c3fb",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14438",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-14438",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-14438",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-14438",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-14438"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/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": "f3940db4af197ba7218e604dd0a6733654015770"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "f3940db4af197ba7218e604dd0a6733654015770"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0.7.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.0.7.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-14438.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:18.986405866Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/",
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504",
        "https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html"
      ],
      "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-2019-14438",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429905,
  "published_at": "2019-08-29T18:15:12.203+00:00"
}