CVE-2014-9628
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 24, 2020 at 09:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVLC media player
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.1.6
Affected range stops below 2.1.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/5x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/2e7c7091a61aa5d07e7997b393d821e91f593c39x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.videolan.org/security/sa1501.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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