CVE Vulnerability

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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 Third Party Advisory
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs/heads/master&st=commit&s=cve-2019 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-08-29 07:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2019-14970

Mitre link : CVE-2019-14970

Products Affected

Videolan

Vlc Media Player

CWE
CWE-787