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CVE-2019-14524

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-14524 is a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Schism Tracker through version 20190722, specifically within the fmt_mtm_load_song function when processing a large number of song patterns. This flaw impacts various openSUSE and Schism Tracker distributions. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it presents a high risk of confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, requiring user interaction and local access for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 20190722CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:schismtracker:schism_tracker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sle-15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
sle-15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00072.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00083.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / schismtracker/schismtracker/issues/201
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / schismtracker/schismtracker/releases/tag/20190805
Release Notes