Name: CVE-2014-9628: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-9628, CWE-120, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.01634

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade vlc	Aug 30, 2017	Feb 2, 2015
Debian	—	Upgrade vlc	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 24, 2020
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade media-video/vlc.	Oct 30, 2017	Mar 12, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade vlc	Nov 19, 2024	Jan 24, 2020

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CVSS Details

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