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CVE-2019-14778

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Date: August 29, 2019

The mkv::virtual_segment_c::seek method of demux/mkv/virtual_segment.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (13)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36

Url: https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14778

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14778

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-14778

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-14778

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02

Url: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs/heads/master&st=commit&s=cve-2019

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-14778

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 3.0.8

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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