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vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2014-9626: vlc -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 24, 2020
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Integer underflow in the MP4_ReadBox_String function in modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a box size less than 7.

Solution

debian-upgrade-vlc
Title
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