Security advisory

{
  "id": "83e85a2766f6fcc0227e72ea38d431b2472e67ea4a030e453a9c3d19a485b14e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-18278",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-18278",
    "summary": "When executing VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.8 with libqt on Windows, Data from a Faulting Address controls Code Flow starting at libqt_plugin!vlc_entry_license__3_0_0f+0x00000000003b9aba. NOTE: the VideoLAN security team indicates that they have not been contacted, and have no way of reproducing this issue.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-18278",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-18278",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-18278"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/videolan/vlc-3.0",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "f350b6b5a7ece8322095ec8b494f58322680eb1e"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "f350b6b5a7ece8322095ec8b494f58322680eb1e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0.8"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.0.8"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-18278.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.458660347Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://code610.blogspot.com/2019/10/random-bytes-in-vlc-308.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-18278",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433976,
  "published_at": "2019-10-23T14:15:10.667+00:00"
}