CVE-2014-9628: 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…

PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.16%

79.9th percentile

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vlc	< vlc 2.2.0~rc2-2 (bookworm)	vlc 2.2.0~rc2-2 (bookworm)
videolan	vlc_media_player	< 2.1.6	2.1.6
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.0~rc2-2	2.2.0~rc2-2
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.0~rc2-2	2.2.0~rc2-2
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.0~rc2-2	2.2.0~rc2-2
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 2.2.0~rc2-2	2.2.0~rc2-2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8HIGH

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