vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-9630: VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 12, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

The rtp_packetize_xiph_config function in modules/stream_out/rtpfmt.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 uses a stack-allocation approach with a size determined by arbitrary input data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-video-vlc
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