High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-14498
CVE-2019-14498
Description
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.
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Affected products
6- VideoLAN/VLC media playerdescription
- Range: = 3.0.7.1
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/vlc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/vlc&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/vlc&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1
< 3.0.9.2-lp151.6.6.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.9.2-lp151.6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.16-1.5
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.9.2-bp151.5.6.1
Patches
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References
7- www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc308.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/36nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4504nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00036.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00046.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-02nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4131-1/nvd
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