Rapid7

vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2019-14970: vlc -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 22, 2019
Added
Aug 22, 2019
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-vlc
Title
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