CVE-2014-9628 — Classic Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.05%
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 allows remote attackers to trigger an unintended zero-size malloc and conduct buffer overflow attacks, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a box size of 7.

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-m4m3-mgqg-wwcw: The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2014-9628: The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4↗2020-01-24
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OSV
CVE-2014-9628: The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4↗2020-01-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2014-9628: vlc - The MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC me...↗2014
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