CVE-2019-14777
The Control function of demux/mkv/mkv.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free.
02 Description
The Control function of demux/mkv/mkv.cpp in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 has a use-after-free.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-08-29 18:53Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 00:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-08-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- beb5d6fd56721f1b9b100c51b4818bf8890e98420cb1122d1be0c63796845c93
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.videolan.orghttp://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git&a=search&h=refs/heads/master&st=commit&s=cve-2019
- www.debian.orgDSA-4504https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504
- seclists.org20190821 [SECURITY] [DSA 4504-1] vlc security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36
- www.videolan.orghttps://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201909-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4131-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0545http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0562http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- vlc No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.