High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-18278
CVE-2019-18278
Description
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =3.0.8
- VideoLAN/VLC media playerdescription
Patches
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References
1- code610.blogspot.com/2019/10/random-bytes-in-vlc-308.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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