NULL pointer dereference in VLC Media Player - CVE-2019-14534
Published: September 12, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21093
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14534
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VideoLAN
Affected software:
VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14534
Install update from vendor's website.