CVE-2019-13615

MEDIUM

VLC Media Player < 3.0.3 - Out-of-bounds Read in MKV Module

Title source: llm

Description

libebml before 1.3.6, as used in the MKV module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player binaries before 3.0.3, has a heap-based buffer over-read in EbmlElement::FindNextElement.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/22474

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109304

Patch x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/05beb69ba60acce09f73ed491bb76f332849c3a0

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Various Sources x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/compare/release-1.3.5...release-1.3.6

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4073-1/

Patch x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/b66ca475be967547af9a3784e720fbbacd381be6

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Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0249

EPSS Percentile 82.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Products (1)

videolan/vlc_media_player < 3.0.3

Published Jul 16, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026