Use-after-free in VLC Media Player - CVE-2019-14778
Published: August 29, 2019 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33170
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14778
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VideoLAN
Affected software:
VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14778
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs/heads/master&st=commit&s=cve-2019
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html