CVE-2014-9628
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.8–9.8
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affected products (6)
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also known as (4)
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references (11)
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- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5cnnvd
- http://www.videolan.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9628cnnvd
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.htmlcnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39enisa_euvd
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.htmlenisa_euvd
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