Vulnerability CVE-2019-14778
Published: 2019-08-29

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-416

 (Use After Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Videolan -> Vlc media player 
Debian -> Debian linux 

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