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 zero-size malloc and conduct buffer overflow attacks, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a box size of 7.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2020-01-24

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected products

• Vlc Media Player (Videolan)

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5
• https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39
• https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html