What is CVE-2019-18214?

CVE-2019-18214 is a high-severity vulnerability in Video Converter Project, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2019-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-18214?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Video Converter Project

CVE-2019-18214

The Video_Converter app 0.1.0 for Nextcloud allows denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via multiple concurrent conversions because many FFmpeg processes may be running at once. (The workload is not queued for serial execution.)

Published 2019-10-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Video Converter Project — versions 0.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com/PaulLereverend/NextcloudVideo_Converter/issues/22 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18214?: CVE-2019-18214 is a high-severity vulnerability in Video Converter Project, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2019-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-18214?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.