CVE-2014-9628
Published: 24 January 2020
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.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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vlc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
lucid |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was needed)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.1.6,2.2.0)
|
|
utopic |
Released
(2.2.0-0ubuntu0.14.10.1)
|
|
vivid |
Not vulnerable
(2.2.0~rc2-2)
|
|
wily |
Not vulnerable
(2.2.0~rc2-2)
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
(2.2.0~rc2-2)
|
|
yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(2.2.0~rc2-2)
|
|
zesty |
Not vulnerable
(2.2.0~rc2-2)
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39 |