CVE-2019-14970
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Out-of-bounds write
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
A vulnerability in mkv::event_thread_t in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs/heads/master&st=commit&s=cve-2019 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs/heads/master&st=commit&s=cve-2019Patch
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504Advisory