CVE-2014-9627 — Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast in VLC Media Player

CWE-704 — Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedJan 24
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 performs an incorrect cast operation from a 64-bit integer to a 32-bit integer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large box size.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 2.2.0~rc2-2+3

Patches

Patch: openwall.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-9cc5-vmmw-23ff: The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2014-9627: The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4↗2020-01-24
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CVEList
CVE-2014-9627: The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4↗2020-01-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2014-9627: vlc - The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC me...↗2014
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