CVE-2014-8154

Publication date 27 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Description

The Gst.MapInfo function in Vala 0.26.0 and 0.26.1 uses an incorrect buffer length declaration for the Gstreamer bindings, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vala 14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
vala-0.14 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
vala-0.16 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
vala-0.18 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
vala-0.20 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
vala-0.22 14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
vala-0.26 14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced by: https://git.gnome.org/browse/vala/commit/vapi/gstreamer-1.0.vapi?id=c4bf7f02c51d84a91768652a490d2389e2e00092

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vala-0.26

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