CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-6440
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
Affected configurations
• videolan vlc (<= 2.1.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/ Exploit, Patch, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/ Exploit, Patch, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry