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CVE-2019-14498 (GCVE-0-2019-14498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-08-29 17:35 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:19
VLAI
Summary
A divide-by-zero error exists in the Control function of demux/caf.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1. As a result, an FPE can be triggered via a crafted CAF file.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2019-08-14 00:00
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