SB2019082913 - NULL pointer dereference in VideoLAN VLC Media Player
Published: August 29, 2019 Updated: September 12, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019082913
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14534)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in the SeekPercent() function in demux/asf/asf.c. A remote attacker can use a specially crfated media file to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.