CVE-2014-6440 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Published: 2017-03-28

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 5.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-6319	VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04985.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://billblough.net/blog/2015/03/04/cve-2014-6440-heap-overflow-in-vlc-transcode-module/
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/751
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72950
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-08

History

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Subscriptions

Videolan Vlc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-28T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T12:17:23.884Z

Reserved: 2014-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-6440

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-28T15:59:00.160

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:13:06.843

Link: CVE-2014-6440

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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