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title: "CVE-2014-9597\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-9597

Publication date 21 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The picture\_pool\_Delete function in misc/picture\_pool.c in VideoLAN VLC
media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or
cause a denial of service (DEP violation and application crash) via a
crafted FLV file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9597?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vlc | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9597?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

vlc claims the bug is in libav, but "the 2.2.0-rc2 binaries already
fix the problem"

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

as of 2015-05-08, no indication of a libav fix
can reproduce with vlc 2.1.6 in trusty
can't reproduce with vlc in precise

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| vlc | * Upstream:   [4d9f343](https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/4d9f343c5341399b082b84af8010f28a36c2757e) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9597)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9597)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9597)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9597)

### Other references

* <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72>
* <http://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9597>