Critical severity · published Dec 5, 2018
CVE-2018-19857
The CAF demuxer in modules/demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.4 may read memory from an uninitialized pointer when processing magic cookies in CAF files, because a…
9.1
CVSS
3.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The CAF demuxer in modules/demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.4 may read memory from an uninitialized pointer when processing magic cookies in CAF files, because a ReadKukiChunk() cast converts a return value to an unsigned int even if that value is negative. This could result in a denial of service and/or a potential infoleak.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.9% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
VM
Vlc Media Player · Videolan
3.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19857
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19857
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106130
Exploit
https://dyntopia.com/advisories/013-vlc
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