UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9628

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CVE-2014-9628
Published: 24 Jan 2020, 22:15
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 09:55

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Jan 2020, 22:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 09:55
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•vlc

    < 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1

References (2)