CVE-2014-6440 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in VLC

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
5.3%
top 9.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Videolan VLC Media PlayerVideolan VLC
Timeline
PublishedMar 28
Latest updateMay 17

Description

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 2.1.5-1+3
▶NVDvideolan/vlc2.1.4

Patches

Patch: billblough.net ↗Patch: seclists.org ↗Patch: billblough.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hgvf-qfh8-3x8f: VideoLAN VLC media player before 2↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2014-6440: VideoLAN VLC media player before 2↗2017-03-28
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OSV
CVE-2014-6440: VideoLAN VLC media player before 2↗2017-03-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2014-6440: vlc - VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitr...↗2014
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CVE-2014-6440 — Videolan VLC vulnerability | cvebase