CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-9629
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-01-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120
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.
Affected configurations
• videolan vlc media player (< 2.1.6)
• videolan vlc media player (>= 2.2.0 < 2.2.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/9bb0353a5c63a7f8c6fc853faa3df4b4df1f5eb5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/9bb0353a5c63a7f8c6fc853faa3df4b4df1f5eb5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.html Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory