CVE-2014-9629 — Classic Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedJan 24
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Integer overflow in the Encode function in modules/codec/schroedinger.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value.

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

▶NVDvideolan/vlc_media_player2.2.0 — 2.2.1+1
▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 2.2.0~rc2-2+3

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-wqpf-38mh-fjrj: Integer overflow in the Encode function in modules/codec/schroedinger↗2022-05-17
▶
CVEList
CVE-2014-9629: Integer overflow in the Encode function in modules/codec/schroedinger↗2020-01-24
▶
OSV
CVE-2014-9629: Integer overflow in the Encode function in modules/codec/schroedinger↗2020-01-24
▶

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2014-9629: vlc - Integer overflow in the Encode function in modules/codec/schroedinger.c in Video...↗2014
▶
CVE-2014-9629 — Classic Buffer Overflow | cvebase