High severity · published Aug 29, 2019
CVE-2019-14970
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
7.8
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% 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; 10.0 · source: NVD
VM
Vlc Media Player · Videolan
3.0.7.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14970
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14970
Patch
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs/heads/master&st=commit&s=cve-2019
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/
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