CVE-2019-14777 — Use After Free in VLC Media Player

CWE-416 — Use After Free6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Videolan VLC Media PlayerDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 29
Latest updateMay 24

Description

The Control function of demux/mkv/mkv.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free.

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-5rr4-p9hw-rgcc: The Control function of demux/mkv/mkv↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-14777: The Control function of demux/mkv/mkv↗2019-08-29
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OSV
CVE-2019-14777: The Control function of demux/mkv/mkv↗2019-08-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
VLC vulnerabilities↗2019-09-11
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Debian
CVE-2019-14777: vlc - The Control function of demux/mkv/mkv.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 h...↗2019
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