vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2014-9629): vlc vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 24, 2020
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025

Description

Integer overflow in the Encode function in modules/codec/schroedinger.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-vlc
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