CVE-2019-19721

medium

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

5.5

Description

An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image file. NOTE: this may be related to the SDL_Image product.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19721

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`3.0.8-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.0.9.2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.0.9.2-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.0.9.2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.0.9.2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.0.9.2-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19721

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.