CVE-2019-14533 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Control function of demux/asf/asf.c within VideoLAN VLC media player versions prior to 3.0.8, affecting Debian Linux and VLC media player installations. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited locally with low complexity, requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:3.0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.