CVE-2019-14498 — Divide By Zero in VLC Media Player

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Videolan VLC Media PlayerDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 29
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A divide-by-zero error exists in the Control function of demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1. As a result, an FPE can be triggered via a crafted CAF file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 3.0.8-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: git.videolan.org ↗Patch: www.videolan.org ↗Patch: git.videolan.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-56h3-2884-gj2r: A divide-by-zero error exists in the Control function of demux/caf↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-14498: A divide-by-zero error exists in the Control function of demux/caf↗2019-08-29
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CVEList
CVE-2019-14498: A divide-by-zero error exists in the Control function of demux/caf↗2019-08-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
VLC vulnerabilities↗2019-09-11
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Debian
CVE-2019-14498: vlc - A divide-by-zero error exists in the Control function of demux/caf.c in VideoLAN...↗2019
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