CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-9598
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-01-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The picture_Release function in misc/picture.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (write access violation) via a crafted M2V file.
Affected configurations
• videolan vlc media player 2.1.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72 seclists.org
- http://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html URL Repurposed
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08 security.gentoo.org
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/attachment/ticket/13390/windbglog.txt trac.videolan.org
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/13390 trac.videolan.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/72 seclists.org
- http://www.binarysniper.net/2015/01/vlc-media-player-215-memory-corruption.html URL Repurposed
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08 security.gentoo.org
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/attachment/ticket/13390/windbglog.txt trac.videolan.org
- https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/13390 trac.videolan.org