CVE-2014-9628 | BDVDB-2026-129649 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5
https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39
https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12020-01-24Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.