An issue was discovered in Schism Tracker through 20190722. There is a heap-based buffer overflow via a large number of song patterns in fmt_mtm_load_song in fmt/mtm.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-14465.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-14524 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.48%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.62% | 0.48% | -0.14% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.48% | 0.62% | +0.14% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 0.48% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2019-14524 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (schism), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14524 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2019-14524 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (schism), 18 status rows across 18 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 13, needed 2, DNE 1, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14524 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| schismtracker | schism_tracker | <= 20190722 | cpe:2.3:a:schismtracker:schism_tracker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | backports | sle-15 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | backports | sle-15 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | leap | 15.0 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | leap | 15.1 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00072.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00083.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/issues/201 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/releases/tag/20190805 | Release Notes |