PT-2019-3462 · Videolan+3 · Vlc Media Player+3

Antonio Morales · Published 2019-08-14 · Updated 2020-08-18 · CVE-2019-14778

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VLC media player version 3.0.7.1

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free in the mkv::virtual segment c::seek method. This could allow a remote attacker to impact data integrity, gain unauthorized access to protected information, and cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For VLC media player version 3.0.7.1, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version has a use-after-free vulnerability in the mkv::virtual segment c::seek method. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-2483

BDU:2019-03636

CVE-2019-14778

DSA-4504-1

MGASA-2019-0233

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0545-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0562-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0545-1

USN-4131-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Vlc Media Player

References · 95

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01492 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13962 · Security Note
• https://videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14498 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4131-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01497 · Security Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0545-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14778 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14778 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03635 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14534 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13602 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0233 · Vendor Advisory