CVE Catalog

CVE-2019-14970

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.94%

80th percentile - higher than 80% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in mkv::event_thread_t in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file.

Risk Assessment

This could lead to arbitrary code execution or application crash, posing a risk to users opening malicious media files.

Recommendation

Update VLC to a version later than 3.0.7.1.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in mkv::event_thread_t in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted .mkv file.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS