CVE-2019-14970

Publication date 29 August 2019

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vlc	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Fixed 3.0.8-0ubuntu19.04.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4131-1
VLC vulnerabilities
11 September 2019