CVE-2019-14534 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2019-14534?

CVE-2019-14534 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function SeekPercent of demux/asf/asf.c that will lead to a denial of service attack.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14534?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Videolan Vlc Media Player.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14534?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-14534 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14534 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14534, GHSA-3hmq-m636-vcvh, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14534.