CVE-2019-14970 Information

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

Reference

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs/heads/master&st=commit&s=cve-2019 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/36 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8