CVE-2019-14970

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    CVE-2019-14970

    Published: 29 Aug 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- f3940db4af197ba7218e604dd0a6733654015770
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.0.7.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High